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Read articles by the Avathon staff on artificial intelligence and how AI is transforming industry
Aging global infrastructure and the role of AI
Much attention has been focused in recent years on our national infrastructure, particularly following passage of the $1 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021. Much of our current infrastructure was built several decades ago and now shows signs of severe wear and degradation. Inevitably, this attention rises to the fore whenever there is a well-publicized failure: a bridge collapses, a pipe bursts, or a highway is closed for emergency repair. And this state of affairs is by no means limited to the United States. Major infrastructure improvements are taking place globally, and AI-optimized maintenance is playing a vital role. The challenge of infrastructure decay and upgrading is particularly acute in
Visual AI: delivering real-world HSE value
Despite endless efforts to minimize workplace accidents, injuries, and deaths, there were more than 2.8M work-related injury and illness cases in 2022. Workplace fatalities increased by 7.5 percent from 2021 to 5,486. Farming, fishing, and forestry had the highest fatality rates, with construction and extraction jobs a close second place. What more can we do to mitigate this trend and proactively identify and address the root causes of safety incidents, injuries, and deaths in the workplace? Can artificial intelligence in the workplace be the solution?
Artificial intelligence and the future of labor
How will artificial intelligence impact the future of labor? To some workers around the country, AI is a bad word. They’ve learned that artificial intelligence will take their jobs, but the reality is quite different. Rather than eliminating jobs, AI, machine learning and other natural language tools free workers from mundane day-to-day tasks and allow them to work their way up the value chain, bringing greater overall efficiency and job satisfaction. On June 24th, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed legislation designating Labor Day as an official holiday in the United States. As SparkCognition marks America’s 130th observance of Labor Day, it’s unclear how technology will ultimately impact the U.S. labor
