Thoughts on AI
My overall thoughts on AI boil down to:
- AI is a powerful tool.
- Engineers should use the right tool for the job. In other words, engineers should always be driven by problems, not solutions.
- Engineers should use AI when it’s the best tool to solve a given problem.
To add slightly more color, I think AI can be the right tool for the job when (a) a suitably generalized dataset is available and (b) the consequences of hallicination are acceptable. (b) often implies that a human is in the loop. I enjoyed reading Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott’s take here on how AI copilots are an ideal model for AI tools.
I think Geslin et al. is a fantastic overview of AI for battery lifetime prediction.