I see a lot of the new products, especially this year more than most given what I've been working on. This is non-scientific, but my gut says >95% of what I have seen incorporates the most recent iteration of a company's product + AI. The AI implementations vary and of course are largely reliant on the same technologies. This will create incredible value and we'll see continued enhancements based on the foundational changes the addition of Artificial intelligence as a service (AIaaS) brings to dealership products. It's definitely enabling some cool new features.
However, and I don't want to sound like a Scrooge...but...a lot of these look and feel very similar. I'm a huge fan of progress and this is more in 1-2 years than we've seen in the last 10 but, it really got me thinking:
Who is making something totally innovative that isn't reliant on AI?
This to me feels like a noble thing and if everyone is going one way perhaps there are some out there looking to reinvent services without following the herd. I am all for gratuitous self promotion in this thread provided it's not a reference to _______ + AI = new thing.
However, and I don't want to sound like a Scrooge...but...a lot of these look and feel very similar. I'm a huge fan of progress and this is more in 1-2 years than we've seen in the last 10 but, it really got me thinking:
Who is making something totally innovative that isn't reliant on AI?
This to me feels like a noble thing and if everyone is going one way perhaps there are some out there looking to reinvent services without following the herd. I am all for gratuitous self promotion in this thread provided it's not a reference to _______ + AI = new thing.
