Self-driving cars have been a science fiction staple for years, featuring in movies like “Demolition Man” and “Total Recall”. Given that 1.2 million people a year die in accidents on the roads, it is hardly surprising that people have been trying to make this particular piece of fiction into reality for quite some time. The…
DetailsThe first use of an unmanned aerial explosive device was when the Austrian army deployed hundreds of balloons carrying explosives in their siege of Venice, which was fighting for independence against Austria. That was in 1849. Technology has moved on since then, but the use of drones has been a military tactic for longer than…
DetailsArtificial intelligence (AI) is having a major impact on the creative arts. This does not just apply to books and articles, but also to artistic images, music and video. Large language models (LLMs), the underlying basis of generative AI, are capable of writing a poem, a song or an essay, and generating an image, cartoon…
DetailsThe oil and gas industries are some of the largest in the world, with a market size of over $7 trillion. Just over half of that is exploration and production, the rest being refining and distribution. It employs over 12 million people, with a further 60 million employed indirectly by its suppliers. While an oil…
DetailsThe use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine and life sciences has a long history. In 1971, the University of Pittsburgh developed a tool called INTERNIST-1. This used a database of disease profiles and algorithms to help with clinical decision-making, including interrelated diagnosis. It did well, and was later commercialised as a product called QMR. Further AI…
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