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Why AI Needs People: Context, Relevance, and the Human Touch

Exploring the Limits of Artificial Intelligence and the Importance of Human Collaboration Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a term that often conjures images of high-tech robots, supercomputers, and a future where machines might outsmart us. But underneath the hype and mystery, AI is simply a set of routines and algorithms[…]

The whole picture – evaluating the returns for AI and considerations for success

I have eventually got to reading the CSIRO briefing paper “Evaluating and prioritising artificial intelligence projects” after missing the webinar launching it a couple of weeks ago (and caught up on the YouTube video of the webinar), and the topics particularly resonated with me, and pick up the themes[…]

Data is the first Challenge!

We are all chasing the improvements that new technology provides of reducing downtime, improving maintainence practices and costs along with benefits of worker safety and overall sustainability of our operations in industrial settings. One of the key challenges is the data, and yes we have a lot of it[…]

Keeping It Simple

One of the challenges I see within the development of models, analytics and the technical engineering space, is how to keep an initiative or assignment focused and efficient. Dealing with mostly technical people, myself included find it all too easy to think of more things to look at or[…]

Is new tech a Silver Bullet or just Hype?

One of the frustrations that I hear when I talk to contacts in mining, oil and gas and infrastructure spheres is how to apply new technologies as such as AI to their relevant situation. I ask if they have heard of the Gartner Hype cycle – which comes from[…]