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PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Synthetic intelligence (AI) supplies a robust device for vitality corporations to ship an inexpensive, dependable clear vitality transformation. In the present day earlier than a U.S. Home Power and Commerce Subcommittee, EPRI Senior Technical Govt Jeremy Renshaw testified that events must collectively work on addressing in the present day’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. So far, EPRI has been concerned in additional than 70 tasks associated to AI purposes within the vitality sector.
As EPRI analysis has discovered, AI can assist vitality corporations enhance effectivity of current 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 decreasing prices,” Renshaw testified earlier than the Home Power and Commerce Subcommittee on Power, Local weather, and Grid Safety. “That is accomplished by permitting people to do what people do finest – inventive pondering and coping with new or unexpected conditions, whereas computer systems do what computer systems do finest – fast, correct computations,” he stated.
“Whereas AI has come a good distance in a brief period of time, there are nonetheless many extra alternatives to unravel current challenges in the present day, 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 massive datasets, which can comprise personally identifiable data or different delicate information. Steps ought to be taken to make sure the safety and privateness of the info.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 methods can probably produce misguided outcomes that can be utilized in decision-making processes.Workforce coaching: Individuals must be skilled on how and when AI is the proper device to make use of and when it’s not.
“Clearly, AI can have a major impression on the vitality business, seemingly each constructive and unfavorable. It’s anticipated that, via the introduction of AI, utilities will be capable of make the most of its advantages for sustaining or enhancing security, affordability, reliability, effectivity, and environmentally pleasant vitality manufacturing,” Renshaw concluded.
A duplicate of Renshaw’s ready testimony is accessible 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 impartial, non-profit vitality analysis and improvement group, with places of work world wide. EPRI’s trusted specialists collaborate with greater than 450 corporations in 45 international locations, driving innovation to make sure the general public has clear, secure, dependable, inexpensive, and equitable entry to electrical energy throughout the globe. Collectively, we’re shaping the way forward for vitality.
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