The Joe Reis Show Freestyle Fridays - Old School BI vs AI BI
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Jan 10, 2025 The discussion tackles whether AI chatbots can truly replace traditional Business Intelligence tools like dashboards. There's a debate about the coexistence of old-school BI with new AI technologies. The show highlights the challenges of dashboard adoption in businesses and how AI might enhance or hinder this. It presents insights on the evolving landscape of Business Intelligence and the balance between data-driven decisions and instinct.
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Old School BI vs. AI BI
- Traditional BI dashboards, often human-created, face competition from AI-driven insights.
- AI can generate reports and dashboards from various chat inputs, raising questions about the future of data interaction.
The Car Analogy
- Joe Reis uses a car analogy to illustrate the potential downsides of relying solely on chatbots for data.
- Replacing car gauges with a chatbot would be disastrous for human drivers, similar to replacing vital business dashboards.
Dashboard Utilization Concerns
- Dashboard utilization is often low, even for critical metrics.
- Joe Reis questions if adding chatbots will improve data interaction if existing dashboards are neglected.