TY - JOUR AU - Minton, Steven N. PY - 2017/10/02 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Value of AI Tools: Some Lessons Learned JF - AI Magazine JA - AIMag VL - 38 IS - 3 SE - AI in Industry DO - 10.1609/aimag.v38i3.2747 UR - https://ojs.aaai.org/aimagazine/index.php/aimagazine/article/view/2747 SP - 99-101 AB - We are in the midst of an AI Spring, and it’s an exciting time for the AI community. AI is poised to change the world. Nevertheless, for many new AI technologies, it is still unclear how these technologies will be successfully productized, and which type of companies will be winners and losers. In this column, I reflect on some of the potential difficulties in commercializing AI technology, based on my personal experience developing information extraction software. ER -