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Why Current Hotel AI Could Be Obsolete by 2029
Adam Harris of Cloudbeds argues that most current hotel AI investments are 'probabilistic' models that will soon be obsolete, replaced by 'deterministic' AI capable of autonomous operational actions.
Key Takeaways
- 1Evaluate AI vendors based on deterministic vs. probabilistic capabilities to ensure systems can take reliable actions like processing refunds or repricing.
- 2Avoid long-term AI platform contracts in 2026 that rely on 'demo-friendly' predictive models which may become obsolete by 2029.
- 3Prepare for agent-on-agent commerce by building a data layer that allows AI to automate high-stakes operational tasks without human intervention.
Source: Skift
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