{"id":39957,"date":"2025-08-02T12:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T12:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/39957\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T12:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T12:31:14","slug":"ai-technology-outdated-thats-okay-just-keep-moving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/39957\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Technology Outdated? That\u2019s Okay, Just Keep Moving"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Young<\/p>\n

One can be forgiven for thinking that everyone is mastering artificial intelligence, while they are scrambling to understand it and catch up. Let\u2019s face it: no one knows where AI is going to take us. Not a year from now, not even a month from now. Everyone is experimenting and learning. Not even the chief information officer of one of the world\u2019s leading technology providers can say with certainty where AI is taking things.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s AI intelligence platforms and offerings are becoming outdated at a blinding pace. Which raises the question, where should one insert their investments, as there is the risk of pouring money into outdated technology? This typically doesn\u2019t sit well with boards, or employees that have to depend on the technology.<\/p>\n

But the worst strategy is to hold off and wait for the next iteration of the technology, because that day will never come.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the word from Art Hu, CIO of Lenovo Global, who urged decision-makers to work with the AI they\u2019ve got, which is more productive than waiting for new versions to come along \u2013 no matter how quickly they appear on the scene. Everything is uncertain, so don\u2019t count on certainty, he said, speaking<\/a> with CXOTalk\u2019s Michael Krigsman in a recent interview. \u201cAgility beats certainty as an AI investment strategy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Accept that the AI technologies chosen today will not remain at the forefront for long. Hu shared Lenovo\u2019s own approach to AI investment, which emphasizes “no regret” investments, even if the technology becomes outdated.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not about perfection \u2013 it\u2019s about adaptability and agility, he again emphasized. Too often, organizations get caught in \u201canalysis paralysis,\u201d unable to move forward because they are unsure how the technology will develop. Don\u2019t wait for guaranteed outcomes that may never materialize, he said.<\/p>\n

AI technology \u201cis advancing at a rapid pace \u2013 almost by day or by week or by month,\u201d Hu said. Analysis paralysis sets in because \u201cthe frontier seems to be moving so quickly,\u201d and people don\u2019t know how to handle it.<\/p>\n

The best approach is to keep learning and tolerate ambiguity, he explained. At his company, that translates into AI decisions made by a cross-enterprise executive committee. \u201cIn terms of the investment question and our investment strategy, everyone is expected to engage, and that helps tremendously,\u201d he said. \u201cThere’s no need to explain what we’re doing or why, and that really helps the team step forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

An important part of this open AI strategy is to take on the prevailing fear that AI is taking jobs away. This narrative \u201cportrays workers as passive victims rather than active participants in change,\u201d he said. \u201cAI automates specific tasks within jobs, but humans still design job roles and define organizational goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a productivity benefit as well, \u201cSoftware engineers who once spent only 10-15% of their time coding now have access to capabilities that previously required specialized designers or prototypers,\u201d he explained. As a result, professionals are freed up to focus on higher-value activities, such as architecture, security, and business outcomes.<\/p>\n

The key to successfully building an AI partnership is to \u201chelp teams break down their roles into tasks, identify which ones AI can enhance or replace, and restructure positions to focus on distinctly human contributions,\u201d said Hu.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to reframe the AI discussion, he continued. \u201cThe point is to not lose momentum and to continue in the face of that uncertainty.\u201d<\/p>\n

For its part, Lenovo seeks to create \u201cthe environment that invites people in,\u201d Hu related. \u201cIf you want to work in legal, if you’re in marketing, if you’re in finance, if you’re in HR, there’s something for you to work with that will help invite you in the door.\u201d<\/p>\n

That \u201cpull\u201d results in high levels of interest among employees, and a desire to learn more, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One can be forgiven for thinking that everyone is mastering artificial intelligence, while they are scrambling to understand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[256,254,255,64,63,35429,266,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-39957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-cxotalk","14":"tag-lenovo","15":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}