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# Engineering the Pivot: How Creative Strategy Solves the Hard Problems of AI Accuracy and Scale


- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

In the transition from lab to production, AI systems often hit a wall: accuracy drops, environmental variables (hardware, hallucinations) introduce chaos, and scaling costs explode. Most teams try to "brute-force" these problems with more data or compute. However, true success in high-stakes enterprise AI requires a different approach: Strategic Creativity.

In this session, I will dissect two contrasting case studies to reveal how creative problem-solving overcomes technical bottlenecks. First, we will explore the development of a Unified Intent Recognition Engine, demonstrating how a product-first modular architecture can turn fragmented development into a scalable, high-ROI pipeline. Second, we will look at a Computer Vision project that went "sideways," illustrating the brutal reality of hallucinations and hardware constraints and how a creative pivot saved the initiative from total failure.

## Speaker

### [Shruti Tiwari](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@shruti-tiwari)

AI/ML product manager, Dell


## Related talks at this congress

- [AI ROI: The Hard Unit Economics of AI-Native Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1687-ai-roi-the-hard-unit) — Manu Gurudatha
- [The Broken Rung: How AI is Rebuilding Software Development from the Ground Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1744-the-broken-rung-how) — Tomislav Tipurić
- [Beyond the Code: Human-AI Synergies in Product Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1734-beyond-the-code) — Ajita Kanchivakam Ananth
- [Closing the Visibility Gap: Lessons from Safety Critical Agentic Systems](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1408-closing-the) — Vivek Pandit

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