Ep 385: Learning What to Delegate to AI With Deepika Devarajan

As AI becomes part of everyday engineering workflows, knowing when to use it — and when to rely on your human expertise — is becoming a crucial skill.

Deepika Devarajan, vice president of product and technology at Industrial Scientific, has worked with AI for more than a decade and has seen the focus shift from “How do we build AI responsibly?” to “How do we use AI responsibly?”

In conversation with host Sam East, Deepika shares a practical framework for deciding when to delegate a task to AI, when to use it as a thought partner, and when to keep the work human.

Hear how to protect your critical thinking skills (and your data), a nuanced perspective on what engineering expertise will look like in the AI-powered future, and the most common misconceptions and myths around AI.

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