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PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Synthetic intelligence (AI) gives a robust software for vitality corporations to ship an inexpensive, dependable clear vitality transformation. At present earlier than a U.S. Home Vitality and Commerce Subcommittee, EPRI Senior Technical Government Jeremy Renshaw testified that events must collectively work on addressing at this time’s AI challenges and tomorrow’s alternatives.
For greater than a decade, EPRI has been finding out AI and its potential impacts on the vitality sector, and within the final 5 years, the institute has accelerated its actions round AI and information science. Thus far, EPRI has been concerned in additional than 70 tasks associated to AI purposes within the vitality sector.
As EPRI analysis has discovered, AI will help vitality corporations enhance effectivity of present property, help with wildfire danger analysis and early-stage detection, support vegetation administration and storm restoration, and optimize vitality utilization, amongst different advantages.
“AI permits computer systems and people to work together extra successfully to enhance security and reliability whereas lowering prices,” Renshaw testified earlier than the Home Vitality and Commerce Subcommittee on Vitality, Local weather, and Grid Safety. “That is finished by permitting people to do what people do greatest – artistic pondering and coping with new or unexpected conditions, whereas computer systems do what computer systems do greatest – speedy, correct computations,” he mentioned.
“Whereas AI has come a great distance in a brief period of time, there are nonetheless many extra alternatives to resolve present challenges at this time, in addition to issues for moral and accountable use of AI,” Renshaw famous. Amongst urgent issues:
- Knowledge privateness and safety: AI fashions are usually skilled on giant datasets, which can comprise personally identifiable info or different delicate information. Steps ought to be taken to make sure the safety and privateness of the information.
- AI-assisted cybersecurity: EPRI and different corporations are growing instruments to proactively monitor and handle suspicious cyber-related exercise.
- Knowledge: With out enough amount and high quality of information, AI techniques can doubtlessly produce misguided outcomes that can be utilized in decision-making processes.
- Workforce coaching: Folks have to be skilled on how and when AI is the fitting software to make use of and when it isn’t.
“Clearly, AI may have a big influence on the vitality business, doubtless each constructive and unfavorable. It’s anticipated that, by the introduction of AI, utilities will have the ability to make the most of its advantages for sustaining or bettering security, affordability, reliability, effectivity, and environmentally pleasant vitality manufacturing,” Renshaw concluded.
A duplicate of Renshaw’s ready testimony is obtainable right here. To be taught extra about EPRI’s AI work, go to www.ai.epri.com.
About EPRI
Based in 1972, EPRI is the world’s preeminent unbiased, non-profit vitality analysis and improvement group, with workplaces all over the world. EPRI’s trusted consultants collaborate with greater than 450 corporations in 45 nations, driving innovation to make sure the general public has clear, protected, dependable, inexpensive, and equitable entry to electrical energy throughout the globe. Collectively, we’re shaping the way forward for vitality.
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