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Basic AI outperformed human risk experts on World Bank projects
“Again, with a very basic AI tool, we were able to replicate that risk analysis And do a better job than the human graders did.”
Laurent Bueneau Mar 11, 2025 ▶ 1:45 How AI is solving real utility challenges [partner content]
Assertion Supported
Nuclear energy permitting costs can reach tens of millions of dollars yearly
“The permitting can run into the tens of millions of dollars yearly.”
Laurent Bueneau Mar 11, 2025 ▶ 4:52 How AI is solving real utility challenges [partner content]
Assertion Supported
NERC CIP standards do not prohibit electric utilities from using cloud computing
“So for instance, if you think about NUC-SIP, which is the North American Electric Reliability Corporations Critical Infrastructure Protection standard, there is a perception that what NUC-SIP does is prevent you from doing anything in the cloud. It's not the c…”
Laurent Bueneau Mar 11, 2025 ▶ 10:49 How AI is solving real utility challenges [partner content]
Assertion Not checkable as stated
One utility reported employees gaining an extra day of productivity weekly
“I have a customer that did a report where they found that after just a few weeks of usage, each employee had a or achieve a day more for activity every week.”
Laurent Bueneau Mar 11, 2025 ▶ 12:52 How AI is solving real utility challenges [partner content]
Assertion Supported
Microsoft AI screened 32 million battery electrolyte candidates down to 100
“What you're referring to is a project where AI was leveraged by our research teams to screen over thirty-two million candidates for a new electrolyte for advanced batteries. Thanks to AI inference, you know, the R&D scientists were able to go from that number …”
Laurent Bueneau Mar 11, 2025 ▶ 7:08 How AI is solving real utility challenges [partner content]
Assertion Supported
Hydro-Québec uses AI-guided robots for line and vegetation inspection
“Hydro-Quebec, for instance, as a whole, A menagerie of robots for inspecting power lines, for inspecting so the actual line, but also for inspecting vegetation around power lines and preventing fires. All that again, you know, very boring kind of maintenance t…”
Laurent Bueneau Mar 11, 2025 ▶ 9:12 How AI is solving real utility challenges [partner content]
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