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Working with AI

Real Stories of Human-Machine Collaboration

Real Stories of Human-Machine Collaboration

By Thomas H. Davenport and Steven M. Miller

By Thomas H. Davenport and Steven M. Miller

By Thomas H. Davenport and Steven M. Miller

By Thomas H. Davenport and Steven M. Miller

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Sep 27, 2022 | ISBN 9780262047241

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    About Working with AI

    Two management and technology experts show that AI is not a job destroyer, exploring worker-AI collaboration in real-world work settings.

    This book breaks through both the hype and the doom-and-gloom surrounding automation and the deployment of artificial intelligence-enabled—“smart”—systems at work. Management and technology experts Thomas Davenport and Steven Miller show that, contrary to widespread predictions, prescriptions, and denunciations, AI is not primarily a job destroyer. Rather, AI changes the way we work—by taking over some tasks but not entire jobs, freeing people to do other, more important and more challenging work. By offering detailed, real-world case studies of AI-augmented jobs in settings that range from finance to the factory floor, Davenport and Miller also show that AI in the workplace is not the stuff of futuristic speculation. It is happening now to many companies and workers. 
     
    These cases include a digital system for life insurance underwriting that analyzes applications and third-party data in real time, allowing human underwriters to focus on more complex cases; an intelligent telemedicine platform with a chat-based interface; a machine learning-system that identifies impending train maintenance issues by analyzing diesel fuel samples; and Flippy, a robotic assistant for fast food preparation. For each one, Davenport and Miller describe in detail the work context for the system, interviewing job incumbents, managers, and technology vendors. Short “insight” chapters draw out common themes and consider the implications of human collaboration with smart systems.

    About Working with AI

    Two management and technology experts show that AI is not a job destroyer, exploring worker-AI collaboration in real-world work settings.

    This book breaks through both the hype and the doom-and-gloom surrounding automation and the deployment of artificial intelligence-enabled—“smart”—systems at work. Management and technology experts Thomas Davenport and Steven Miller show that, contrary to widespread predictions, prescriptions, and denunciations, AI is not primarily a job destroyer. Rather, AI changes the way we work—by taking over some tasks but not entire jobs, freeing people to do other, more important and more challenging work. By offering detailed, real-world case studies of AI-augmented jobs in settings that range from finance to the factory floor, Davenport and Miller also show that AI in the workplace is not the stuff of futuristic speculation. It is happening now to many companies and workers. 
     
    These cases include a digital system for life insurance underwriting that analyzes applications and third-party data in real time, allowing human underwriters to focus on more complex cases; an intelligent telemedicine platform with a chat-based interface; a machine learning-system that identifies impending train maintenance issues by analyzing diesel fuel samples; and Flippy, a robotic assistant for fast food preparation. For each one, Davenport and Miller describe in detail the work context for the system, interviewing job incumbents, managers, and technology vendors. Short “insight” chapters draw out common themes and consider the implications of human collaboration with smart systems.

    Product Details

    Category: Leadership | Science & Technology

    Hardcover | $34.95
    Published by The MIT Press
    Sep 27, 2022 | 312 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780262047241

    Category: Leadership | Science & Technology

    Ebook | $21.99
    Published by The MIT Press
    Sep 27, 2022 | 312 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780262371193

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    Praise

    Included in The Enterprisers Project’s “10 must-read tech books for 2023”
    Included in McKinsey’s Summer 2023 Reading List

    “The book is aimed at managers, consultants and students planning their careers…I appreciated the accessible narratives as a diverse survey of how current technologies can expand the range of human capabilities.”
    —The Wall Street Journal

    “When pictures are painted in such extremes of light and shade it’s time to call in the experts, and in Working with AI: Real Stories of Human-Machine Collaboration, we benefit not just from the hard-won wisdom of two leaders in the field – Thomas H Davenport and Steven M Miller – but also of the people involved in the dozens of case studies presented that detail real-world applications of AI in the commercial, research and administrative space. What the authors call ‘real stories of human-machine collaboration’ come together over nearly 300 pages of analysis and insight to produce one of the most balanced narratives of AI in the workplace produced to date.”
    —E&T Magazine

    “While AI has been part of Alight’s ecosystem for years, this book examines how AI will change the way we work, but not necessarily destroy the way we work.”
    —McKinsey

    “Working with AI is by and large a hopeful work about human-machine collaboration, emphasizing that there are still many things that machines simply cannot do — from understanding context to managing organizational change to understanding emotional situations — and thus they will still depend on humans as much as we rely on them. That will likely remain true for us, our children, and our grandchildren.”
    —Civil Engineering

    “Why you should read it: Curious about the implications of human collaboration with smart systems? This book shares specific use cases of humans working with AI successfully, e.g., a digital system for life insurance underwriting that analyzes applications and third-party data in real-time, allowing human underwriters to focus on more complex cases. Read this book if you want reassurance on the positive potential outcomes of AI versus the ominous view that artificial intelligence is a job stealer.
    —The Enterprisers Project

    Table Of Contents

    Series Foreword ix
    Introduction xi
    I Case Studies
    Morgan Stanley: Financial Advisors and the Next Best Action System 3
    ChowNow: Growth Operations and RingDNA 9
    Stitch Fix: AI-Assisted Clothing Stylists 15
    Arkansas State University: Fundraising with Gravyty 21
    Shopee: The Product Manager’s Role in AI-Driven E-Commerce 27
    Haven Life and MassMutual: The Digital Life Underwriter 35
    Radius Financial Group: Intelligent Mortgage Processing 41
    DBS Bank: AI-Driven Transaction Surveillance 47
    Medical Diagnosis and Treatment Record Coding with AI 53
    Dentsu: RPA for Citizen Automation Developers 59
    84.51° and Kroger: AutoML to Improve Data Science Productivity 67
    Mandiant: AI Support for Cyberthreat Attribution 75
    DBS Digibank India: Customer Science for Customer Service 83
    Intuit: AI-Assisted Writing with Writer.com 89
    Lilt: The Computer-Assisted Translator 95
    Salesforce: Architects of Ethical AI Practices 101
    The Dermatologist: AI-Assisted Skin Imaging 109
    Good Doctor Technology: Intelligent Telemedicine in Southeast Asia 115
    Osler Works: The Transformation of Legal Services Delivery 125
    PBC Linear: AI-Enabled Virtual Reality for Employee Training 131
    Seagate: Improving Automated Visual Inspection of Wafers and Fab Tooling with AI 137
    Stanford Health Care: Robotic Pharmacy Operations 141
    Fast Food Hamburger Outlets: Flippy–Robotic Assistants for Fast Food Preparation 147
    FarmWise: Digital Weeders for Robotic Weeding of Farm Fields 151
    Wilmington, North Carolina, Police Department: AI-Driven Policing 155
    Certis: AI Support for the Multifaceted Security Guard at Jewel Changi Airport 161
    Southern California Edison: Machine Learning Safety Data Analytics for Front-Line Accident Prevention 169
    Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority: AI-Assisted Diesel Oil Analysis for Train Maintenance 175
    Singapore Land Transport Authority: Rail Network Management in a Smart City 179
    II Insights
    It Takes a Village to Change a Job with AI 187
    Everybody’s a Techie–Or at Least Has a Hybrid Job Role 201
    The Platforms That Make AI Work 209
    Intelligent Case Management Systems 217
    Opportunities for Entry-Level Workers: Diminishing or Not? 225
    Remote and Independent Work 239
    What Machines Can’t Do (Yet) 249
    III Conclusions 
    Looking Ahead to the Future of Work with Smart Machines 259
    Notes 267
    Index 279

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