Steve Wamsley recently published an article in Modern Materials Handling in which he argues that bolting AI onto broken processes, bad data, and sloppy decision-making doesn’t create transformation—it just produces the same dysfunction faster and at higher cost. He warns of “automation bias,” where people trust a system simply because it sounds confident and polished, and urges treating AI inputs like engineering specifications while always validating outputs as a first draft rather than a final answer. The real payoff comes only when AI is paired with discipline, validation, and good habits so it amplifies human thinking instead of replacing it.
“But here’s the uncomfortable part most vendors won’t put into the slide deck: If you bolt AI onto old behaviors, weak processes, poor data hygiene and sloppy decision-making, you don’t get transformation. You get SSDD—Same Stuff, Different Day—at a higher cost. And now it happens faster, with less time available to respond and recover.”
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