Siddharth: Enterprise AI does not require 100% accuracy with human oversight
Jonathan Siddharth · Inside The $2.2B AI Research Accelerator | Turing · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Oct 10, 2025 · at 32:59
Turing CEO Jonathan Siddharth explains why self-driving car expectations distorted public views on required AI accuracy.
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“I feel like the self-driving car industry did a lot of damage to AI in one particular way, which is it because with self-driving cars, 99% accuracy is not enough. That, that last one percent really matters. But with a lot of AI systems, if you're automating the job of an investment analyst, or if you're automating the job of a CEO or a CFO you don't have to be a hundred percent accurate. As long as there is a human overseeing the results of the model.”
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