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Augment + Automate: The Reality of Enterprise AI, with Alec Coughlin
AI in the real world isn’t a keynote... it’s a factory floor, a power bill, and a risk register.
In this episode, Marvin Tansley (Thing-Zero) sits down with Alec Coughlin (AI with Alec) to map the jump from hype to hard results: securing brownfield OT, preparing a data/knowledge-centric estate, and using agents to augment operators—not replace them.
We cover the shift from app-centric silos to platforms, prescriptive analytics that drive next-best actions, and the leadership moves that make it stick: psychological safety, exec bootcamps, incentives that reward smart risk, and “hands-in-dirt” adoption.
If you’re a CTO/CIO, plant leader, or ops owner wondering how to compete when AI becomes table stakes, this is the playbook you've been looking for.
⏱ Chapters:
0:00 Intros & setup
0:24 Alec’s origin: RPA spark → “AI with Alec”
1:14 Marvin’s path: industrial engineering to AI
2:00 Practical vs hype; LLMs get “evolutionary” + Palantir/data platforms
5:31 Augmentation vs automation (factory story)
9:07 Brownfield OT realities & security-by-design
12:50 From app-centric to data/knowledge-centric (why it’s existential)
16:45 Analytics ladder: descriptive → predictive → prescriptive
19:08 Ransomware lesson ($20M/day) & designing safety in
40:56 Culture, incentives, “make the beer taste better”
42:32 Closing Thoughts
→ The Zeroed in Podcast is also now available on your favorite podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/zeroedinpod
📌 Follow Alec Coughlin on LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/in/alecchh/
📌 Follow Marvin Tansley on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marvin-tansley-a914551/
🎧 Brought to you by Thing-Zero — Secure. Predict. Augment. Automate.
Follow us on:
YouTube: YouTube.com/@thing-zero
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thing-zero/
𝕏: https://x.com/ThingZ96954/
Web: https://www.Thing-Zero.com/
#AIwithAlec #AI #Robotics #MachineLearning #ML
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By Thing-ZeroAI in the real world isn’t a keynote... it’s a factory floor, a power bill, and a risk register.
In this episode, Marvin Tansley (Thing-Zero) sits down with Alec Coughlin (AI with Alec) to map the jump from hype to hard results: securing brownfield OT, preparing a data/knowledge-centric estate, and using agents to augment operators—not replace them.
We cover the shift from app-centric silos to platforms, prescriptive analytics that drive next-best actions, and the leadership moves that make it stick: psychological safety, exec bootcamps, incentives that reward smart risk, and “hands-in-dirt” adoption.
If you’re a CTO/CIO, plant leader, or ops owner wondering how to compete when AI becomes table stakes, this is the playbook you've been looking for.
⏱ Chapters:
0:00 Intros & setup
0:24 Alec’s origin: RPA spark → “AI with Alec”
1:14 Marvin’s path: industrial engineering to AI
2:00 Practical vs hype; LLMs get “evolutionary” + Palantir/data platforms
5:31 Augmentation vs automation (factory story)
9:07 Brownfield OT realities & security-by-design
12:50 From app-centric to data/knowledge-centric (why it’s existential)
16:45 Analytics ladder: descriptive → predictive → prescriptive
19:08 Ransomware lesson ($20M/day) & designing safety in
40:56 Culture, incentives, “make the beer taste better”
42:32 Closing Thoughts
→ The Zeroed in Podcast is also now available on your favorite podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/zeroedinpod
📌 Follow Alec Coughlin on LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/in/alecchh/
📌 Follow Marvin Tansley on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marvin-tansley-a914551/
🎧 Brought to you by Thing-Zero — Secure. Predict. Augment. Automate.
Follow us on:
YouTube: YouTube.com/@thing-zero
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thing-zero/
𝕏: https://x.com/ThingZ96954/
Web: https://www.Thing-Zero.com/
#AIwithAlec #AI #Robotics #MachineLearning #ML