What is Elegant AI?

Elegant AI is all about Artificial Intelligence (AI) solving real world problems. To do that people need the skills and understand to either develop it or learn how to use it well. For many is a dark art, it is an existential threat not just our jobs but to our very existence. To others it the answer to many of mankind’s problems such as climate change and health. 

Whatever your views and impressions AI is here to stay, the genie has been let out of the bottle and there is no getting back in. What happens next is currently being furiously debated around the world. What Elegant AI wants to do is inform and equip people to make the right decisions through education and exploration. 

Inside the black box

If you understand what it is, what the benefits and dangers of AI are then you will be in a better place to help ensure we use this tool for good. For AI is a tool, it is something we can all use and at the same time abuse. It isn’t the AI that is bad it is those who either create it or misuse it. 

To achieve said aims and goals, which are pretty general and deliberately vague, there will be a mixture of articles covering the very basics of what AI (or machine learning) is, what is inside the black box. Once you have an idea what it is then it is likely to be far less threatening. There is so much terminology thrown around which creates a mystical air around this topic. 

Robotics

Alongside these articles there will be some tutorials and examples as well trying to unpick some of the latest developments and issues arising from this fast paced, ever changing technology. If you blink you might miss something very important. At the same time this is for the general public who may not know anything about AI or even about coding. I want to keep it as simple as possible. 

This website will also cover a range of other areas such as robotics and the Internet of Things which are linked to Artificial Intelligence. AI doesn’t exist in a vacuum, it does things with machines, hence it is often referred to Machine Learning. At the core of all this is coding and algorithms, both these things can be daunting if you are unfamiliar but they shouldn’t be. With a bit of insight you will have a good understanding and appreciation.  

Embedded AI

One particular issue is that of energy consumption, this is especially true of the Large Language Models such as ChatGPT. Yet other aspects of AI is looking at using Embedded AI which is where the AI runs on a tiny microchip and uses almost no power (but some). This is another exciting prospect for the future, hence the overlap with robotics and IoT.

Neural Network

If you are wondering what goes on inside an Artificial Intelligent machine you might be surprised. It is mainly an algorithm that just makes really good guesses. You train it and train it and train with lots of data and it then tries to predict as best it can when it sees some new data based on what it has been trained on. This video explains the process simply and beautifully.

Latest Blog post

Every so often I will write articles that I think might be of interest around Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and The Internet of Things. They will be a short read but may also contain tutorials and other useful information.