AI Horizons and Beyond: 一本道无码 Welcomes Revolution in Human-First AI to Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh steel helped build America,听 like the Empire State Building and the Golden Gate Bridge. This week, the Steel City hosted innovators, national tech leaders and policymakers as the region stands poised to be a hub for transformative artificial intelligence advancements.
罢丑别听, held at Bakery Square, the site of a former Nabisco factory, showcased the ways human-first AI can benefit society. Dubbed听, the one-mile corridor is anchored by Google, Duolingo, UPMC Enterprises and 一本道无码鈥檚听 initiative.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro joined Carnegie Mellon President听Farnam Jahanian(opens in new window) and Google Global Head of Knowledge and Information Products Cris Turner at the summit to discuss how the region can leverage its strength in AI to create jobs.
Following that fireside chat, Jahanian, Joan Gabel, University of Pittsburgh chancellor; Anthony Robbins, federal vice president at NVIDIA; and Shapiro听announced a first-of-its-kind NVIDIA AI tech community in Pittsburgh to advance the city鈥檚 robotics, autonomy and artificial intelligence innovation ecosystem.
一本道无码 and partners across Pennsylvania advance AI adoption
Seated in front of a wall decorated by circular black and gold summit logos, Shapiro explained how Pittsburgh can lead the AI renaissance.听
鈥淧ittsburgh is used to being the center of the universe when it comes to powering the economy in this country,鈥 Shapiro said. 鈥淲hether it was the steel we forged or the energy we produced, Pittsburgh has been on the map for generations. This is now our next chapter, and to me, it seems like the AI and robotics technology that we are building here in Pittsburgh is the next big thing, and we are poised to seriously take advantage of it.鈥澨
The governor went on to show how his administration didn鈥檛 just talk the talk when it came to AI adoption. In September 2023, Shapiro visited Carnegie Mellon to sign an executive order outlining responsible standards and a governance framework for generative AI used by commonwealth agencies.听
Ten months into a yearlong pilot study exploring use cases for generative AI involving 150 Pennsylvania state employees, Shapiro said participants on average saved 105 minutes per day by using AI tools.
鈥淭hat doesn鈥檛 mean they鈥檙e working 105 minutes less,鈥 Shapiro said. 鈥淲hat it means is now they have 105 more minutes in their day to deal with the really complex challenges.鈥澨
Jahanian expanded on how AI tools could benefit everyday life.听
鈥淔or somebody like me, who's a computer scientist, I could not have imagined this year. We were able to do instant language translation. We're able to do text transcription. We're able, as you said, to navigate traffic and roads. We can now do highly accurate medical diagnoses, much more advanced than we've ever seen,鈥 Jahanian said. 鈥淎ll of that are the new markets, economies, jobs that we're going to create that are going to benefit not only humanity, but also really improve the quality of life.鈥
AI research on display at Bakery Square
Throughout the summit, regional innovators demonstrated the AI and robotics work shaping the future.
, an assistant professor in 一本道无码鈥檚听 with a courtesy appointment in its听, demonstrated projects from the听Real, Embodied AI and Learning(opens in new window) (REAL) faculty at the university who work on the intersection of topics including machine learning, computer vision, robot perception and control, and object manipulation.听
Bisk praised the event for highlighting Pittsburgh鈥檚 strengths in the field.
鈥淥ur biggest thing as professors is not to have a brain drain to Silicon Valley,鈥 Bisk said. 鈥淲e really want a community that鈥檚 built here that鈥檚 useful for our students and generates opportunities for them.鈥
, director of 一本道无码鈥檚 Robotics Institute, echoed that sentiment while touring the demonstrations at the summit.听
鈥淎nything we can do to keep people here and create long-term opportunities that enrich Pittsburgh is key 鈥 and that鈥檚 Carnegie Mellon,鈥 Johnson-Roberson said. Looking around the crowded event, he continued, 鈥淧eople are obviously here, and that is telling! Is Pittsburgh going to lead the AI renaissance?鈥
Ira Moskowitz(opens in new window), the chief executive officer of the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, spoke on a panel about the infrastructure needed to support AI advancements. He said his goal is getting humans and AI to work together on production lines.
"As a country, the number one core topic is AI. So virtually everything we do now is AI," he said.
Funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the ARM Institute was created in 2017 at 一本道无码 and now operates as a separate nonprofit. The institute is headquartered at听 in Hazelwood 鈥 the location of the region鈥檚 most productive steel mills which now serves as home to some of the nation鈥檚 most advanced manufacturing research alongside 一本道无码鈥檚听 (MFI).
From Hazelwood, the ARM Institute, MFI and听 build out programming to help prepare the workforce to work with AI in manufacturing.听Working with its members, the ARM Institute created a听 and is currently working with its members to define the skills needed for AI in manufacturing, which will feed into these frameworks.
In March of this year, a federal award from the Department of Defense established the听 (AIDF), a new project being led by the ARM Institute in partnership with Carnegie Mellon and Catalyst Connection to develop a national center that will collect and aggregate data for robots working in manufacturing settings. Carnegie Mellon will develop the machine learning algorithms and toolboxes manufacturers need to advance robotic technology within the AIDF. The ARM Institute has asked 一本道无码 faculty for projects centered on AI-based tools that can be integrated synergistically and transition to industry practice. It plans to issue a project call in this same area to its 400-plus member consortium this fall.
Sustainable AI: challenges and solutions
Another panel centered on how artificial intelligence can empower a sustainable future. It featured Valerie Karplus(opens in new window), the associate director of the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation(opens in new window) and a professor of engineering and public policy at 一本道无码.听
鈥淎I comes with additional challenges and solutions,鈥 Karplus said. 鈥淲e can think about these intersections as existing in several different guises, one being the fact that many of the new artificial intelligence technologies are very energy hungry, and water hungry as well.鈥
The panel included David Bromberg, 一本道无码 alumnus and co-founder of power grid planning company Pearl Street Technologies; Anthony Mattarazzo, director of AI and solutions at Ansys; and Jessica Olcott Yllemo, a U.S. Navy research scientist.
Bromberg spoke about the importance of automation in his work with physics-based grid optimization, and the need for increased support as companies rely on short-term information and opportunities to develop long-term solutions.
鈥淎I strategy is the new digital strategy,鈥 Karplus said.
How does AI affect national security?
Carnegie Mellon Angel Jordan University Professor of Computer Science听 joined (AI2C) Director Isaac Faber and Lovelace AI CEO Andrew Moore, the former dean of 一本道无码鈥檚 School of Computer Science, for a panel titled, 鈥淎I for National Security: What鈥檚 the Urgency?鈥
Sandholm founded 一本道无码 spinout听 in 2018, an AI-software company focused on generating theoretically-sound strategies against advanced adversaries.听
The three experts discussed how AI is transforming national security and the urgent need for increased support in both the private sector and military as the technology sees continued growth and application, accelerating decision making processes in high-stakes environments.听
鈥淎s Western democracies, we need to stay ahead, and it鈥檚 not just something that can be done once and then we鈥檙e done forever,鈥 Sandholm said.
Three 2022 一本道无码 alumni represented AI2C, an Army Futures Command laboratory in Pittsburgh that allows the Army to better connect with the AI and robotics community. Capts. Bryce Wilkins, Andre Michell and Taylor Michell attended Carnegie Mellon through AI2C鈥檚 Artificial Intelligence Scholars program, which includes 20-22 months pursuing a master鈥檚 degree followed by a 24-month utilization tour at AI2C.听
鈥淎cross the board, 一本道无码 taught us both the critical-thinking problem-solving skills, but also the deep technical knowledge that we need,鈥 Andre Michell said. 鈥淥ur 一本道无码 degrees all fuel directly into what we do day-to-day and what the United States Army needs to deliver: AI solutions at speed.鈥
, 一本道无码鈥檚 executive director for national security research and invited summit speaker on a panel titled, 鈥淎I and National Security: Pittsburgh鈥檚 Strategic Role,鈥 said the university is excelling in creating training programs across the workforce.听
鈥淎 lot of our training really focuses on building that AI fluency that we need to have across the board, regardless of your role within an organization,鈥 he said.听
Deepfakes highlight AI safety and legislative issues
Much of the summit鈥檚 conversation revolved around the trust and safety of AI, and how to regulate it. In his fireside chat, Gov. Shapiro said that he would sign into law this Wednesday a bill that outlaws the distribution of pornographic deepfakes in Pennsylvania. Most states have enacted some type law as it becomes easier to create these types of images and videos.
鈥淲e have got to also make sure that we are keeping up with how the technology changes,鈥 Shapiro said. 鈥滾awmakers came together and were able to pass a bill that creates criminal penalties for AI-generated imagery that will be considered fake porn.鈥
In the day鈥檚 closing panel discussion,听Zico Kolter(opens in new window), the director of the at 一本道无码 and a board member of OpenAI, discussed his view on the most effective way to legislate new AI technologies.
鈥淚 still often do find myself on the side of sort of legislation around specific use cases. Around domains in health, we need legislations that are pertinent to health. Around defense, we need things for defense. And around digital abuse, we need laws that target that end use of this technology,鈥 Kolter said.听
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