Why AI Pilots Die Between the Demo and the Factory Floor
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The pilot was shown at the board meeting, everyone applauded, budget was approved for ‘scaling.’ Six months later, the computer vision system that caught 98% of defects during the demo is catching maybe half, quality inspectors have stopped trusting it, and the project has quietly migrated into the ‘deferred initiatives’ column. This is not a rare mishap or the fault of a particular integrator. According to RAND, this is how more than 80% of corporate AI projects end – and almost always for reasons that were visible before the project even started.
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