Adventures in AI: Separating hype from reality

Taking the ‘eh?’ out of AI

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Mike Morrow goes back to basics on AI to help planners learn more about the technology and understand where it can augment advice businesses

I know what you're thinking…not another artificial intelligence (AI) article. But bear with us… this one's different. Rather than talk about efficiency, standardisation, streamlining, speed, summaries, security and all the rest, we are going back to basics. When it comes down to it, what actually is AI? Here goes… Understanding the basics, beyond ChatGPT  In a nutshell, AI is where you simulate human intelligence via machines that are programmed to think and learn like humans. That means they can do tasks that usually require human intelligence - things like recognising voices or im...

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