“Gans tells me “Whereas the primary benefit of electricity was that it decoupled energy from its source, which facilitated innovation in factory design, the primary benefit of AI is that it decouples prediction from the rest of the decision-making process, which facilitates innovation in organizational design via reimagining how decisions interrelate with one another.”
Decoupling prediction from the rest of the decision-making process enables a shift from merely lowering the cost of predictions to creating vastly more productive systems. It is only when this is widely understood, Gans says, that AI will achieve its transformational potential.”