Even with low cost widely available cloud computing, it can take significant time and compute power to train machine learning models on large data sets. This is expensive and is often at odds with the net-zero carbon goals of many organisations today. Throwing more data at a problem isn’t always the best answer, and by using AI that is responsible by design, we can reduce these problems while maintaining performance. Active learning is one of the methods we use at Mind Foundry to achieve this.
In most cases, it’s not necessary to use an entire dataset to train a model…
Though the numbers fluctuate slightly year to year, only about 10% of the engineering workforce in the UK are female.
National Women in Engineering Day, June 23rd, is a fantastic opportunity to shine the spotlight on the need for a more inclusive and diverse workforce, but more importantly, it is also a chance to ignite the embers we know are lurking inside women and girls, of all ages and backgrounds, to show them that engineering is absolutely an option for them too.
We are proud to share the stories of two of our own trailblazers of AI innovation who have…
As machine learning (ML) capabilities advance, and with the advent of widely available low-cost cloud computing, AI will inevitably be applied to a wider range of more challenging problems, including those that affect the outcomes for millions of individuals throughout society. In high impact, complex settings, it simply isn’t realistic to train a model up front with a single batch of training data and expect it to perform well in all possible scenarios — such a naïve approach will almost certainly fail to capture some of the underlying nuance and edge cases of the situation, leaving gaps in performance and…
AI has the potential to help us tackle the problems associated with climate change and the warming of our Earth. The closer we get to the precipice, the greater the urgency. This has helped fuel tremendous growth in AI projects throughout government and the public sector, where AI is being used to make more accurate climate change predictions or to intelligently power the infrastructure that could support lower emissions on a global scale.
Amidst all this enthusiasm, the one thing often being left out of the conversation is the carbon cost of these compute-intensive solutions. At best, the adoption of…
A roundtable discussion with Mind Foundry.
Decisions made by governments and other public sector organisations affect the lives of large numbers of people in profound ways every day. If considerations for ethics and responsibility are not made during the processes for designing, building, and implementing a solution with AI, unintended and unanticipated far-reaching consequences can be felt.
Mind Foundry recently collaborated with the Scottish Government on a project that requires the use of AI in the public sector to improve human outcomes at scale. …
Though the world is rapidly evolving with advances in AI and other technologies, the H&S sector is playing catch-up. It is relatively under-digitised, less connected, and has sometimes been slow to embrace meaningful digital transformation. It’s a highly competitive industry, on the cusp of a revolution driven by wide scale adoption of AI.
Innovative stakeholders are finding new ways to use AI throughout their workflows right through to the job site. The most meaningful examples are the ones that improve human outcomes while making proper considerations for ethics and responsibility.
Perhaps the most important of all problems, the one that…
