[CXOTALK #890] AI Misadventures and the Adversarial Economy

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AI’s biggest failures aren’t software bugs. They’re market outcomes.

CXTalk Episode 890 examines why AI stumbles when it encounters an adversarial economy, where incentives collide, conditions shift faster than models can adapt, and determined actors, including malefactors, learn to circumvent controls. 

We organize the discussion around three forces: 

• Opposition: People exploit ranking, identity, pricing, and support flows

• Change: Policy, behavior, and data mix move and models lag

• Wrong objectives: Metrics and design choices reward the wrong outcomes

Our guests include Dr. Anthony Scriffignano, a seasoned leader in global data integrity and risk, and Dr. Stephen C. Daffron of Motive Partners, whose focus spans complex, technology-driven enterprises. Together, we explore how incidents originate, why they spread across vendors and borders, and why dashboards can remain green even as harm increases.

If you want a clear explanation of what drives AI misadventures in the real world, and a straightforward way to think about them, this conversation is for you.

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Episode Participants

Stephen C. Daffron, Ph.D. joined Motive Partners in 2016 and is a Co-Founder and Industry Partner. At Motive, Stephen sources and executes investment opportunities and has been a fixture in the development and implementation of technology, data and operational processes across the financial technology continuum for well over two decades. Previously, he was president of Dun & Bradstreet.

Anthony Scriffignano, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized data scientist with experience spanning over 40 years in multiple industries and enterprise domains. Scriffignano has extensive background in advanced anomaly detection, computational linguistics and advanced inferential methods, leveraging that background as primary inventor on multiple patents worldwide. He also has extensive experience with various boards and advisory groups.

Michael Krigsman is a globally recognized analyst, strategic advisor, and industry commentator known for his deep expertise in business transformation, innovation, and leadership. He has presented at industry events worldwide and written extensively on the reasons for IT failures. His work has been referenced in the media over 1,000 times and in more than 50 books and journal articles; his commentary on technology trends and business strategy reaches a global audience.

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