AI is redefining the workplace. The previous article looks at how this pervasive technology could affect the broader jobs landscape, but how will it impact engineers? Industry leaders discuss how AI could be a help, not a hindrance, for skilled professionals.
It’s impossible to escape AI these days: it’s part of our daily online experience. But the jump forward in the technology over the past few years has made AI a valuable tool for those involved in design – specifically engineering design. But while there is a doomsday narrative that describes a bonfire of white-collar jobs, it is not just the vendors of the technology that have an alternative and more positive vision about where this is leading.
An anecdotal reinforcement of this came at Dassault Systèmes’ 3DExperience World conference in Houston, Texas, in February. Admittedly attended by engineers who are perhaps more enthusiastic than the profession’s stereotype, a keynote presentation drew spontaneous and rapturous applause. The...