# Professor Panos Ipeirotis explains how AI processes rely heavily on human labor

1 Faculty News November 12, 2017 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/without-humans-artificial-intelligence-is-still-pretty-stupid-1510488000) -- "Almost every big company using AI to automate processes has a need for humans as a part of that AI, says [Panos Ipeirotis](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/panagiotis-ipeirotis), a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business. America's five largest financial institutions employ teams of non-engineers as part of their AI systems, says Dr. Ipeirotis, who consults with banks."

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