9 Questions That Expose Fake AI on a Product Roadmap

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/9-questions-that-expose-fake-ai-on-a-product-roadmap. A nine-question framework for separating real AI agents from model-assisted features, deterministic rules engines, and AI-washing on enterprise roadmaps. Check more stories related to machine-learning at: https://hackernoon.com/c/machine-learning. You can also check exclusive content about #enterprise-ai, #agentic-ai, #product-management, #ai-strategy, #ai-washing, #ai-governance, #ai-roi, #ai-implementation, and more. This story was written by: @eshaanjain26. Learn more about this writer by checking @eshaanjain26's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Most "AI-powered" features on enterprise roadmaps are deterministic logic with a model sitting next to them. I have shipped both kinds at Amazon and T-Mobile. Here is a 9-question detox I run on any roadmap to separate an autonomous agent from a chatbot with an if-statement behind it, before the claim reaches a steering committee or a customer.