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The State of AI in the IBM i Community
Answer 11 quick questions to see where your organization stands with AI, from the data that powers it to your team's readiness. It takes just
two
minutes.
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1.
Where does your business-critical data live?
(Required.)
Db2 for i only
Primarily Db2, some other databases
Mix of Db2 and other platforms (SQL Server, Oracle, cloud)
Primarily off-platform databases
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2.
How much of your organization’s data is unstructured?
Documents, emails, PDFs, images — anything outside structured records.
(Required.)
None — structured records only
A little
A meaningful share
A large share — unstructured is central
Don’t know
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3.
Where is your organization today on AI deployment?
(Required.)
No plans
Aware, no initiative
Actively evaluating
Active pilot or proof-of-concept
In production
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4.
How deep is your team’s familiarity with agentic AI?
AI agents, development tooling, orchestration, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
(Required.)
No awareness
Heard the terms
Understand the concepts
Actively evaluating or piloting
Have built or deployed agentic systems
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5.
How confident are you that your team has the skills to execute an AI initiative today?
(Required.)
No skills, significant gap
Some awareness, not execution-ready
Foundational skills, would need help
Capable with light support
Fully skilled and execution-ready
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6.
Can your leadership articulate what AI is for in your business — beyond cost reduction?
(Required.)
No clear purpose defined
General interest, no specifics
A stated goal, not yet concrete
A clear priority use case identified
A defined destination guiding decisions
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7.
Have you mapped where AI fits in a specific workflow?
(Required.)
Haven’t looked at workflows this way
Discussed it informally
Identified candidate workflows
Analyzed tasks within a workflow for AI fit
Mapped and actively building against it
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8.
How committed is your organization to AI today?
(Required.)
No interest
Aware but no action
Informal discussions underway
Strategy in development
Documented strategy, executive-sponsored and funded
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9.
What is the biggest barrier to getting started with AI?
Choose the single largest.
(Required.)
Don’t know where to start
Skills gap
Unclear ROI or business case
Data or platform readiness
Security or compliance concerns
Budget or resources
Leadership buy-in
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10.
How prepared is your organization to govern AI deployments from a security and compliance standpoint?
(Required.)
Not prepared, no framework
Aware it's a concern, no plan
Some informal protocols
Documented governance protocols
Comprehensive framework, established and active
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11.
What AI tools are you using today?
(Required.)
