With many organisations still only in Stage 1 of their AI journey, where isolated deployments of discrete AI technologies reign, and who would be happy to get to stage 3, where a unified data strategy and more sophisticated AI usage is in play, the potential for AI to dramatically enhance both predictive and generative AI is clear and leads to stage 4 and 5 - but how do you get there, and what truly are the benefits?

AI is here, there and everywhere, and rapidly advancing. Your company's use of AI needs to evolve and mature, as does your own personal AI needs. It may well be the case that you and your company don't yet know all the benefits that AI can deliver.

The same goes for the software and hardware platforms your business deploys and operates on, with those software and hardware vendors very attuned to the need to continuously improve their solutions so their customers - and your customers - can reap the benefits of enhanced capabilities, cost savings and more.

When it comes to deploying AI solutions within your business, there are levels of understanding and operation that all businesses are at, whether it is yet to meaningfully deploy any AI solutions at all, right through to mastery of the AI mindset and integration with your business models to ensure that you are at the top of your game. This is while keeping a keen eye on AI's rapid advancements, so you know when to deploy the inevitable AI upgrades that are to come.

So, while the development of AI is in a constant state of improvement, there are systems you can use to gauge where you are on your company's AI journey. Certinia's Pragmatic AI Maturity Model lays out a five-stage taxonomy for understanding a company’s current readiness to deploy AI, and what you and your company need to succeed with more advanced AI use cases.

It's also worth noting that Certinia's Director of Product Marketing Greg Smith,   / gregorysmith-ca   who is a dedicated proponent of the Pragmatic AI Maturity Model's 5 stages, notes that there are perhaps only 20 companies worldwide at Stage 5.

This week Greg will speak at Singapore's SuperAI event on the topic "Are You AI Ready", June 5-6 2024, with more on the conference here. https://www.superai.com

So, what is Pragmatic AI? What are the five stages? Why are only 20 or so companies at Stage 5? And why is this important for your business?

There are two video interviews to watch in addition to the one with Greg Smith below. The first is with Certinia's Global Analytics Evangelist, Joe Thomas, who also explains pragmatic AI and how AI can also stand for "augmented insight" https://techadvice.life/2024/03/21/vi..., and my interview with Dan Brown on how Certinia takes AI to the next level with its US Spring 2024 release! https://techadvice.life/2024/04/26/ne...

Ok, the video interivew with Greg Smith is above, and the rest of the article with the five stages in full is here: https://techadvice.life/2024/06/04/vi...