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brianletort.aiD. Brian Letort, Ph.D.

AI Transformation Library

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105 real-world cases. What changed, what improved, and where people still decide.

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105 cases

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CaseIndustryFunctionTypeAI valueBefore → AfterEvidenceOpen
An editorial scene for Capital Region of Denmark mammography screening programme contrasts acquires four-view full-field digital mammograms under danish screening guidelines. with assigns an examination malignancy score (1–10) and, for higher-risk exams, lesion marks. in the ai-triaged single versus double reading of screening mammograms (transpara) workflow.Capital Region of Denmark mammography screening programmeHealthcareHealthcare screeningExceptions only33.5% fewer radiologist screening readsHandle allExceptionsverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for Google contrasts finds migration sites and writes context-specific edits across the monorepo. with discovers likely change locations and prompts a monorepo-trained llm to generate edits. in the llm-assisted 32-bit to 64-bit identifier migration workflow.GoogleTechnology & softwareSoftware engineeringCreator to judge74.45% of 595 submitted code changes and 69.46% of 93,574 edits were LLM-generated.CreateReviewverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for Johns Hopkins Children's Center / Johns Hopkins Medicine contrasts refers youth to an external eye-care provider with scripted education and a paper guide. with captures two fundus images during the routine endocrinology visit without pharmacologic dilation. in the autonomous ai diabetic eye exam at point of care (access rct; lumineticscore/idx-dr) workflow.Johns Hopkins Children's Center / Johns Hopkins MedicineHealthcareHealthcare screeningMoved to the visitEye-exam completion: 22% → 100% in the control armSeparate visitIn the momentverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for Meta (Facebook) contrasts submits a code change for pre-submit testing before acceptance into the monolithic repository trunk. with submits a code change to the monolithic mobile-code repository for pre-submit testing. in the predictive test selection for change-based regression testing workflow.Meta (Facebook)Technology & softwareSoftware engineeringDecision rights movedRuns fewer than one-third of dependency-selected testsHuman decisionAI decisionverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for Stanford Health Care contrasts faxed an external referral to stanford health care and, when applicable, marked the referral urgent on the cover. with faxes an external referral and determines urgency by checking the urgent box on the stanford standardized cover. in the fastfax urgent referral fax queue routing workflow.Stanford Health CareHealthcareClinical operationsQueue eliminationFastFax routed 1,059 of the 1,352 to the urgent queue, reported as 78% recall.WaitingFlowmixed evidencemixed
An editorial scene for Greater Houston primary stroke centers contrasts receives a code-stroke patient and obtains noncontrast ct plus cta under standard care. with receives a code-stroke patient; ncct and cta are acquired under the same standard-of-care protocols. in the automated lvo detection with parallel transfer notification workflow.Greater Houston primary stroke centersHealthcareClinical operationsCoordination compressedMedian transfer time: 210 → 133 minutesSequentialTogetherverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for Swiss Plasma Center at EPFL and Google DeepMind contrasts designs a controller for a predefined plasma state and configuration. with specifies plasma shape, current, and location objectives. in the deep-reinforcement-learning magnetic control on the tcv tokamak workflow.Swiss Plasma Center at EPFL and Google DeepMindScience & researchEngineering designAutonomous + backstopAcross the full 0.1-1.0 second interval, RMSE was 0.62 kA for plasma current and 0.75 cm for shape.ManualAutonomousverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for John Deere (Deere & Company) contrasts decides the post-emergence herbicide programme for the field based on expected weed pressure across the whole area. with sets the spray threshold that determines how aggressively detected plants are treated as weeds. in the in-season post-emergence herbicide application (see & spray targeted spraying) workflow.John Deere (Deere & Company)OtherAgricultureThreshold is the control59% average herbicide savingsCase by caseHuman thresholdmixed evidencemixed
An editorial scene for The Permanente Medical Group contrasts conducts the visit while taking notes or reconstructs the encounter afterward. with transcribes the encounter without retaining audio and generates a draft clinical note. in the ambient ai draft-note generation during patient encounters workflow.The Permanente Medical GroupHealthcareHealthcare screeningCreator to judge3,442 physicians used the tool in 303,266 encounters; 968 used it in at least 100 encounters.CreateReviewverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for Klarna contrasts opens an in-app service chat about a refund, return, payment issue, cancellation, dispute, or invoice. with opens a customer-service chat in the klarna app and is met by the ai assistant. in the first-line customer-service errand resolution workflow.KlarnaFinancial servicesCustomer serviceDecision rights movedAverage resolution time: 11 → under 2 minutesHuman decisionAI decisionmixed evidencemixed
An editorial scene for Twenty-eight South-East Queensland long-term care facilities contrasts provides usual care and available psychosocial activities. with participates in an individual non-facilitated 15-minute responsive-robot session three times weekly. in the paro robotic-seal engagement sessions workflow.Twenty-eight South-East Queensland long-term care facilitiesHealthcareCustomer serviceCreator to judgePARO participants were significantly more verbally and visually engaged than plush-toy participants.CreateReviewverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for Rising Academies schools contrasts attends normal math classes and studies with available static materials or limited human support. with uses a school-provided phone for two weekly whatsapp tutoring sessions during study hall. in the rori ai math tutoring through whatsapp workflow.Rising Academies schoolsEducationEnrollmentCreator to judgeTreatment growth was significantly higher with effect size 0.36 (p<0.001), described as roughly an extra year of learning.CreateReviewverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for TD Bank Group contrasts submits the purchase agreement, id, account statements, and proof of income. with submits the same document package. in the mortgage and heloc pre-adjudication and application memo preparation workflow.TD Bank GroupFinancial servicesCredit and lendingStep before the decisionAverage preparation time: 15 hours → under 3 minutesPrepareDecidemixed evidencemixed
An editorial scene for UCLA Health contrasts conducts the visit and writes the note in the ehr. with records the conversation and generates a draft note. in the randomized deployment of dax and nabla ambient ai scribes workflow.UCLA HealthHealthcareHealthcare screeningCreator to judgeNabla arm fell from 4:30 to 3:49; a 9.5% greater reduction than control.CreateReviewverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for University of California, San Francisco and UC Berkeley contrasts uses head tracking to select letters on a commercial assistive device. with attempts to speak while 253 cortical electrodes capture speech-motor signals. in the ai speech neuroprosthesis for text, audio, and avatar control workflow.University of California, San Francisco and UC BerkeleyHealthcareClinical operationsCreator to judgeMedian real-time decoding rate of 78.3 words per minute.CreateReviewverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for Waymo contrasts perceives the road, plans maneuvers, and controls the vehicle for each passenger trip. with perceives, predicts, plans, and controls the vehicle with no human in the driver seat. in the fully autonomous waymo one driving workflow.WaymoTransportation & logisticsEngineering designExceptions only9 Waymo claims, an 88% reduction.Handle allExceptionsverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for American Airlines contrasts manually evaluates arrivals and assigns among 136 dfw gates. with combines real-time flight and operational data to assign the nearest available gate with the shortest taxi time. in the smart gating machine-learning gate assignment workflow.American AirlinesTransportation & logisticsEngineering designStep before the decision20% shorter, about two minutes per flight and more than 11 taxi hours saved daily.PrepareDecidereported evidencereported
An editorial scene for Deutsche Bahn contrasts physically walks around and climbs onto trains to inspect for damage. with capture exterior, underbody, and roof imagery as the train enters the plant. in the e-check camera-gate, ai diagnostics, and robotic inspection workflow.Deutsche BahnTransportation & logisticsHealthcare screeningIntake redesignedOne and a half hours with the digital E-Check; camera-gate traversal takes about five minutes.FormsDescribereported evidencereported
An editorial scene for Ocado Group / Ocado Retail contrasts retrieves and picks grocery items through the established cfc process. with selects eligible grocery items robotically from the storage grid. in the on-grid robotic pick at luton cfc workflow.Ocado Group / Ocado RetailRetail & consumerCustomer serviceExceptions only227 units per labor hour in FY24, a 9.1% improvement.Handle allExceptionsverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for Google DeepMind and EMBL-EBI contrasts search the much smaller experimental structure corpus or initiate a bespoke structure-determination project. with serves a precomputed predicted structure and confidence metrics for a queried protein sequence. in the alphafold protein structure database precomputed structure access workflow.Google DeepMind and EMBL-EBIScience & researchEngineering designContinuous decisioningMore than 214 million predicted structures, covering nearly the full UniProt databasePeriodicContinuousverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for Audi Neckarsulm contrasts uses ultrasound to inspect a random sample of resistance spot welds. with analyzes process data for approximately 1.5 million welds across 300 vehicles each shift. in the wps analytics full-population inspection workflow.Audi NeckarsulmOtherEngineering designThreshold is the controlAI analyzes about 1.5 million welds on 300 vehicles each shiftCase by caseHuman thresholdreported evidencereported
An editorial scene for Be My Eyes contrasts contacts a sighted volunteer or trusted person and shares a camera view. with captures an image and asks be my ai for a description or follow-up detail. in the conversational multimodal visual assistance through be my ai workflow.Be My EyesTechnology & softwareEngineering designCreator to judgeFourteen users described Be My AI support across personal and social contexts.CreateReviewverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley contrasts select a target and design a synthesis recipe from literature and thermodynamics. with propose recipes and execute powder dosing, heating, and xrd characterization. in the a-lab closed-loop autonomous materials synthesis workflow.Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, BerkeleyScience & researchEngineering designAutonomous + backstop36 of 57 target compounds synthesized, a 63% success rateManualAutonomousverified evidenceverified
An editorial scene for Boston Public Schools contrasts build and maintain routes manually for each school over multiple weeks. with generates district-wide student stops, route sequences, and multi-school bus reuse in about 30 minutes. in the bird system-level school-bus route optimization workflow.Boston Public SchoolsEducationEnrollmentCoordination compressed50 buses removed in the first implementation year and about $5 million saved, with average ride time remaining about 23 minutesSequentialTogetherverified evidenceverified
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