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Democratizing Artificial Intelligence with UiPath

You're reading from   Democratizing Artificial Intelligence with UiPath Expand automation in your organization to achieve operational efficiency and high performance

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801817653
Length 376 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: The Basics
2. Chapter 1: Understanding Essential Artificial Intelligence Basics for RPA Developers FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Bridging the Gap between RPA and Cognitive Automation 4. Chapter 3: Understanding the UiPath Platform in the Cognitive Automation Life Cycle 5. Section 2: The Development Life Cycle with AI Center and Document Understanding
6. Chapter 4: Identifying Cognitive Opportunities 7. Chapter 5: Designing Automation with End User Considerations 8. Chapter 6: Understanding Your Tools 9. Chapter 7: Testing and Refining Development Efforts 10. Section 3: Building with UiPath Document Understanding, AI Center, and Druid
11. Chapter 8: Use Case 1 – Receipt Processing with Document Understanding 12. Chapter 9: Use Case 2 – Email Classification with AI Center 13. Chapter 10: Use Case 3 – Chatbots with Druid 14. Chapter 11: AI Center Advanced Topics 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Exploring the gap between RPA and cognitive automation

The spectrum of office work comprises activities that require different degrees of cognitive skills. Software companies have developed automation technology to tackle one or multiple areas.

The following diagram shows the available technologies across the spectrum of office work:

Figure 2.2 – The automation technology stack

RPA, application programming interface (API), ERP, and business process management (BPM) belong to a class of automation technologies that reduce the manual efforts of rule-based digital activities. AI, ML, and NLP belong to another class of automation technologies. They reduce the manual effort of activities that require cognitive thinking.

As you learned in the preceding section, almost all activities have rule-based and cognitive components. Until recently, there were no platforms that allowed for seamless integration of these different technologies. Businesses look...

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