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Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson

Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson

The Other AI Revolution: Why Predictive AI will Overtake Generative AI in 2027

Oct 5, 2026 · 1h 12m

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Predictive AI often gets ignored, yet it may hold the real key to business value in the current tech landscape. Machine learning expert Eric Siegel, author of The AI Playbook and Predictive Analytics, joins the Digital Disruption podcast to explain why organizations should invest at least as much in predictive AI as they do in generative AI. He breaks down how predictive AI can improve real-world operations, why so many AI pilots fail to reach deployment, and where the promise of autonomous AI agents encounters reliability challenges. While generative AI captures the headlines, Eric argues that more dependable returns often come from systems that predict outcomes and improve…