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Card #c1312IR // #c1312Synthesis

"The biggest stigma with AI is thinking that when you’re going down a path, you have to stick to it. We’ve learned that sometimes you have to destroy that path, go back to the data, and start rebuilding it in a new way."

— In our words · Source: Digital Impact (Steve Lucas)

[Use when]

A project is failing and the team feels committed to the approach it started with.

[Why it matters]

Bradley says the farm has failed many times on AI projects. Treating each approach as disposable kept failures cheap, and the farm's yield runs eight to ten times traditional farming per square meter.

Filed under situations:When you’re building the thing, not just planning itWhen you’re stuck and running on empty

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