Is AI truly transforming our workflows, or are we just drowning in a sea of automated noise? In this episode of Utilizing AI, host Stephen Foskett sits down with Tech Field Day delegates Jim Jones (Product Architect at 1111 Systems) and Jeff Ello (AI Lead at Purdue University) to explore how industry experts use artificial intelligence in production. Moving past the corporate marketing hype, they share real-world use cases—from using Figma Make and Claude to compress weeks of product research into hours, to navigating the challenges of "AI slop" in higher education. The panel breaks down why human expertise remains the ultimate "North Star," why autonomous agents aren't fully ready for prime time, and how treating AI as a collaborator rather than a replacement is the key to unlocking true enterprise productivity. This and more on Utilizing AI, part of The Futurum Group Podcast Network.