SupplyChain Magazine December 2020 | Page 79

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Artificial Intelligence is Limping to the Party

Artificial intelligence and machine learning systems have been around for a long time now . In recent years , they ’ ve grown increasingly sophisticated - to the point of causing fear for some of the slightly more paranoid homo sapiens . They ’ re here to stay , and while they are incredibly powerful , it has to be said that they aren ’ t going to expedite processes as quickly as you might think . While machine learning itself is rather sophisticated , it is still a far cry from the sci-fi level tech a lot of people think of when they hear the words ‘ Artificial Intelligence .’ It will take some time to implement competent , human contact-free , systems into supply chains . The revolution is en-route .
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