b'10 Member News March 2024From our PresidentHow to elevate your engineering practices through AIBy Dr Gopichand KatragaddaOver the last 18 months, the influence of artificiallife examples of where AI caninto actionable insights. Ive intelligence (AI) has been unequivocally felt acrosshave a profound impact onrecently leveraged this for various sectors and has transformed professionalthe engineering discipline. Forsignificant events, such as example, we deploy solutionsCOP28 in Dubai and the AI roles, including in engineering. This period hasthat automate engineeringSafety Summit in the UK, showcased AIs potential to enhance efficiency, fostertasks on the factory flooras well as contributions innovation and streamline workflows, redefiningamong other applications.towards the India budget Integrating AI into engineeringand the analysis of President the scope and execution of engineering tasks. indicates a new era of enhanced positivity and innovation andBidens executive order on In the last issue of Memberby championing ethicalits application within the sectorsafe AI in the U.S. It is clear News, I shared my threedata and AI practices.has already led to significantto see that AI is dominating themes for my Presidentialadvancements and efficiencies. the global conversation Yearone of which wasIn my role as Founder andand it can be something strengthening the IETsCEO of AI company, MyelinAnother way to use AI is towe all embrace to elevate global presence and influenceFoundry, every day I see real- distil complex informationour work and practices.Here are five areas where AI can have an impact: 1 Creative2 Strategic3 Optimise 4 Automate5 Generateaugmentation: delegation:design: documentation:ideas:AIs capacity to automateDelegating tasks to AIAI enables you to AI streamlines theAI enhances planning monotonous jobs meansshould be approacheddesign components documentation processand ideation sessions you can dedicate morestrategically, with tasksmore efficiently by by generating tailoredby providing data-driven resources to creative andautomated only after theyutilising historical designdocuments basedinsights and suggestions, innovative tasks. Thisare well understood. Thisrules and databases,on specific inputs,promoting creativity and transition enhances theensures the reliability offostering innovationestablished guidelines the developmentquality of engineeringAI outputs and enables aand productivity.and insights fromof innovative solutions.projects and extendsseamless integration intohistorical records. their scope and impact. engineering workflows.Here are my immediate calls to action for engineers: Embrace AI today: Begin by integratingOur collective expertise and commitment AI into small, manageable aspects ofto ethical stewardship are essential your work or home projects, allowing youin ensuring that AI technologies are to gradually become accustomed to itsdeveloped and applied responsibly capabilities and benefits. to benefit society. Integrating AI into Be an ethical steward: As we delveengineering practices is paramount to deeper into the AI-driven era, all engineersmaximising impact and productivity. have a critical role in upholding data ethics and ensuring AI safety. We must lead byYou can find out more about our example in the responsible application ofPresident and his priorities for the year AI technologies. here: theiet.org/Gopichand-Katragadda'