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When should products use AI?

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This question evaluates product-oriented decision-making about AI adoption, testing competencies in machine learning product strategy, trade-off analysis (accuracy, latency, cost, explainability, safety, and user trust), and the ability to distinguish AI-native architectures from conventional feature additions.

A product-oriented interview asks you to discuss AI adoption in software products.

Explain how you would decide whether a feature should use AI or a traditional deterministic solution. In your answer, cover:

  1. What makes a problem a good fit for AI.
  2. What types of problems should usually not use AI.
  3. What an AI-native application is, and how it differs from a conventional product that merely adds an AI feature.
  4. Practical trade-offs such as accuracy, latency, cost, explainability, safety, and user trust.

Use concrete examples to support your reasoning.