As the digital landscape evolves, so does our fascination with Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Over the past week, we’ve delved into the heart of this transformative field, exploring its impact on our lives, the challenges it poses, and the potential it holds for the future. Let’s recap the highlights from our week of AI coverage:
Insights from the Community
We had a fantastic selection of thought-provoking blog posts in Community Insights starting with Trusting machines, not as easy as we think? telling us that AI is everywhere and we interact with it more often than we realise! In Big dreams, big data and some minor technical issues… we learnt that Artificial Intelligence and Big Data are not the same, but they are entwined and vital to each other.
Kirsten McCormick shared an insight into her life as an engineer working in the AI industry in Inside the AI World, and Bias in Artificial Intelligence – easy to spot, harder to avoid discussed how AI can inadvertently display human bias and asks what can be done to address that.
Leveraging the power of AI for passenger Safety explained how AI can be used to mitigate risks to passenger safety at airports and finally Towards getting it right, some AI good practice covered some good practice examples when undertaking an AI project.
There’s also still chance to vote in our poll The societal impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) - what are the opportunities and challenges? and share your thoughts in our discussion on How can the tech industry strike a balance between innovation and environmental responsibility?
Events and Further Reading
If you're eager to delve deeper into the world of AI, here are some recommended events and resources to continue your learning journey:
President’s AI Roadshow
Are you ready to be part of a ground-breaking initiative? Join and collaborate with IET President Dr. Gopichand Katragadda, and engineers and technicians from across the globe in a series of interactive and collaborative webinars aimed at forging a path towards ethical excellence in AI.
Find further information and register your place for the President’s AI Roadshow on our website
More events:
17 Apr – AI in Sport (Online Event) An overview of the current technologies of AI based analytics systems in sport, their advantages and benefits.
27 Apr – IET International Forum on AI Trends and Development - Hong Kong
21 – 22 Jun International Conference on AI, Blockchain and IoT 2024 (ICABIOT 2025) – Hong Kong
Visit the IET EngX events calendar to find even more events on the topic of Artificial Intelligence
IET Library reading list
Download the Artificial Intelligence (March 2024) reading list from the IET Library covering a variety of titles from understanding AI, to its usage in Transport, Healthcare and Built Environment Industries. If you’re an IET member, you can access the titles in the IET Virtual Library via the title links in the document. Login to the IET Virtual Library is required.
Keeping up to date with all things AI
Want to follow the #ArtificialIntelligence topic in EngX? Explore our curated topic area dedicated to all things AI and click the heart to add it to your technical interests. Don’t forget to sign up for a daily or weekly digest via your personalised homepage in EngX to receive an email of new content related to your interests. Don’t have a personalised homepage? Join EngX and log in!
Coming up!
Our next Topic Focus Week is 'Designing for Disability' on 29 April followed by 'Energy Storage' on 20 May. If you’re working on a project or have expertise on either of those topics and would like to contribute to the Community Insights blog, get in touch with the IET Editorial team via community-online@ietengx.org
