Manufacturing Today Issue - 218 November 2023 | Page 20

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FOUR STEPS TO BIG RESULTS

Integrating AI can be costly and time intensive . These four guidelines will maximize its returns

For Anna-Katrina Shedletsky , AI is old tech . An ex-Apple engineer who saw firsthand the inefficiencies of building high-quality products , she recognizes that while the hype for AI may be new , the technologies it ’ s built on — computer vision , advanced statistics , and machine learning — have been in use for decades . But as she highlights , recent innovations in Systemic AI can provide cutting-edge insights and big results .

The state of AI in manufacturing
AI , the ‘ new old thing ’ in manufacturing , has applications in new product development , design , operations , field quality , and more . It generally falls into two * main categories :
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