16 Jul 2024
AI is rapidly advancing and transforming the engineering landscape across all disciplines. Here are some of the latest developments in AI including those with a New Zealand and engineering focus.
AI in Engineering and New Zealand
News:
- NZBusiness Digital Issue - June 2024 | NZBusiness Magazine The June issue of NZ Business Magazine focuses on ‘AI and Your Business’. Articles in this issue include; Understanding AI, AI in HR, AI: Supporting organisations to be more human-centred and Driving Business digitisation.
- Post-Anthropocene Design and Engineering | LinkedIn This article by Dr Ron McDowall, a member of the AI Advisory Committee, explores the concept of “post-anthropocene”, and how the engineering profession needs to use AI to meet the global challenges that lie ahead.
- Artificial Intelligence for Predictive Maintenance Applications: Key Components, Trustworthiness, and Future Trends Article on using Lidar and AI for predictive maintenance.
- Vegetation technology tender #1460590 (tenders.net) Orion have recently published a tender to understand how the use of satellites, lidar and the use of drones for mapping vegetation along with AI and ML can be of benefit to their vegetation team in ensuring that vegetation clearance distance is maintained to the required distance for both the High Voltage and Low Voltage lines.
Events/Training:
- AI: How it’s shaping the future of Engineering This is a free Engineering New Zealand in person event on Thursday 24 July at The Cav, Ponsonby, Auckland. This event is hosted by Grada Recruitment and Civis Limited and it explores the impact of AI within Engineering.
- A free online introduction to artificial intelligence for non-experts (elementsofai.com) Free AI on-line learning modules from the University of Helsinki
AI Global
News:
- AI Chip Breakthrough: Memristors Mimic Neural Timekeeping (scitechdaily.com) Artificial neural networks could soon process time-dependent data more efficiently with the development of a tuneable memristor.
- NASA Unveils Game-Changing Augmented Reality in Spacecraft Engineering (scitechdaily.com) Using augmented reality tools to project digital models on to the real world to enhance assembly solutions.
- What’s next for AI in 2024 | MIT Technology Review Four AI trends predicted for 2024.
- Stanford's 2024 AI Index Tracks Generative AI and More - IEEE Spectrum The AI Index tracks the generative AI boom, model costs, and responsible AI use.
- GitHub - SkalskiP/top-cvpr-2024-papers: This repository is a curated collection of the most exciting and influential CVPR 2024 papers. 🔥 [Paper + Code + Demo] Search the publications from the 2024 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference.
- Safe Superintelligence Inc. (ssi.inc) Safety is important - this company have started the world’s first straight-shot SSI lab to produce a safe superintelligence.
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Latest version of Claude
On June 21, Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 3.5 and their claim is that “it shows marked improvement in grasping nuance, humour, and complex instructions, and is exceptional at writing high-quality content with a natural, relatable tone.” This version is available for free on Claude.ai and the Claude iOS app.
More apps to generate videos from text and images
Suggested Reading
- Don't Worry About the Robots: How to Survive & Thrive in the New World of Work rev ed - Unity Books · Unity Books
- Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick - Penguin Books New Zealand and One Useful Thing | Ethan Mollick | Substack – a book and blog by Ethan Mollick exploring working, learning and living in the age of AI
An Engineering New Zealand guide to using AI tools for everyday tasks
As we witness rapid advancements in AI, it’s crucial for engineers to collaborate, share insights, and develop frameworks to harness AI's potential responsibly and innovatively. We invite you to contribute your observations, experiences, and expertise to foster a rich, shared knowledge base.
