S6E146: AI in Infrastructure and how it is going to change our cities with Rita Arrigo

<p>In this week’s pod, we welcomed Rita Arrigo to discuss AI in Infrastructure and how it is going to change our cities.As a natural storyteller excited by the opportunities the tech world brings, Rita can translate complex technical ideas across the ‘IT divide’ to those less tech-minded, an enthusiastic advocate and sought-after speaker for many years on all thing's innovation and digital.The main topics we discussed on the podcast were as follows:</p> <ul> <li>AI, Machine Learning and Spatial Computing are moving at a fast pace</li> <li>Most construction projects are using paper based documents on site despite the prevalence of digital technology</li> <li>There is not enough diversity in engineering which has led to a lack of challenging the status quo which is stifling disruption</li> <li>Digital Twin seeks to connect the past and predict the future</li> <li>AI can be used by governments to help them monitor and achieve COP 26/27 commitments</li> <li>Maturing of toolsets will give us higher capability and reduce the workload</li> <li>CEO’s now need to understand the digital technology their company provides rather than simply relying on the technical experts</li> <li>AI will never replace human interactions</li> <li>Blockchain help accelerate investment cycles for companies</li> <li>People always need visualizations – AI will support and enable this</li> <li>Technology will change the way we collect and store information on projects which will make the traditional “filing” system redundant</li> <li>We don’t perceive the world, we only see what we perceive</li> </ul> <p>Here are links to some of the topics we discussed:</p> <ul> <li>Project Hack 17: <a href="https://www.projectdataanalytics.co.uk/projecthack/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.projectdataanalytics.co.uk/projecthack/</a></li> <li>Click – BBC Tech show: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n13xtmd5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n13xtmd5</a></li> <li