Water and energy for everyone · Volume two
N04 Technology helps people
Instruments collect information. A computer can help us read it. Some programs are called artificial intelligence. These programs can make mistakes too. People with the right skills check the results. When something does not add up, they look for the reason and put it right. Working carefully also means being able to say, ‘Let’s check again.’
Who must check the computer’s work?
The computer helps. People check.
- Information
- People with the right skills
- Checked results
A computer can make mistakes too.
For the accompanying adult
An adaptation of the PDF’s themes of monitoring and AI. We do not repeat the promise ‘Goodbye human error’: automation and AI do not remove every error. The specific role of AI must be defined and verified; it is not assigned here to control an A.D.O.S. reactor. Expertise, supervision, testing, fault management and protection of computer systems are needed.
Sources for further reading R12 F4 F13 · Final section of the book