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Tech Leader Pro podcast 2024 week 5, AI is great but start with a cron

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Today I want to convince you that you should start using scripted automation before complicated AI.

Notes:

  • Computers are automation machines, and the ultimate expression of automation is AI.
  • However, you should start using scripted automation before complicated AI.
  • Sometimes a cron job and a script is all of the automation you need.
  • In terms of automating existing manual processes, the steps are:
    1. Identify manual processes that are good candidates to automate.
    2. Try to automate with simpler, non-AI tools first (sometimes scripting is enough).
    3. If 2 fails, explore AI but remember: your AI is only as good as your model, and your model is only as good as your data.
    4. The development cycle for a new AI solution is:
      1. Source the data.
      2. Build a new model.
      3. Adjust the weights.
      4. Apply an algorithm.
      5. After that, you feed input and hope you get back intelligent, high-quality answers.
      6. The development cycle for a new AI solution is long and complex, so should not be embarked upon for trivial use cases.
      7. To do so is overkill.
      8. What I am working on this week:
        • Alpha Framework version 4.0 with support for PHP 8.1 - hitting CI/CD issues with PHP Unit coverage integration with Codecov.
        • Media I am enjoying this week:
          • Escape from Tarkov

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