Why AI Scaffolding Matters More than Use Cases ft Erika Flowers Invisible Machines S6E12

In Conversation with UX Magazine by Invisible Machines

Dec 31, 202554:36Technology

We’re in a moment when organizations are approaching agentic AI backwards, chasing flashy use cases instead of building the scaffolding that makes AI agents actually work at scale. Erika Flowers, who led NASA’s AI Readin...

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