AI is already having an impact in El Segundo refinery; employees are using AI to run mathematical models that determine the optimal mix of petroleum products to maximize revenue. “It doesn’t take a day to run it,” Chevron VP said. “It takes seconds to run your linear program to figure out what’s the best product to make, where’s the best place to sell it.”
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Where has this guy been? It's called an Excel spreadsheet.
They have to keep saying, "it works! it works!" to prop up their bad decisions. Going on ten years now of using AI/ML and haven't seen any "breakthroughs".
He’s not wrong
Jokes on him, folks have a dartboard named AI in the break room