When to Use Automation vs. When to Use AI

How I Built It by Joe Casabona

Aug 25, 202614:21Technology

AI and Automation are not the same thing. But people seem to use the terms interchangeably. Tools like Zapier and Make are deterministic automation — you know the input, you know the output, and it's incredibly consisten...

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