GCRI · Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems

Spatial intelligenceObservations, models and their uncertainty in one view

Innovation and practical technology

Technology relevant to artificial intelligence and data and compute: what it can do, the constraints it faces and its consequences for people and institutions.

01Sequence

The order things happen in.

  1. 01Draftsources cited, labels attached
  2. 02Evidence checkevery value traced
  3. 03Independent reviewconflicts declared
  4. 04Editionpublished with its limits
  5. 05Correctiona new version, never a silent edit
02Approach

Evaluate before adopting.

  1. 01

    Need

    Which problem does the technology address, and for whom?

  2. 02

    Evidence

    What has been demonstrated, under what conditions, and what remains untested?

  3. 03

    Constraints

    Cost, skills, infrastructure, data and governance requirements.

  4. 04

    Consequences

    Effects on safety, rights, equity and the environment.

03Canvas

Draft to published version.

Canvas · draft to published versionDesign, not a record
Innovation and practical technology: an innovation through readiness gatesAn idea is tested as a concept, validated in the lab, piloted with an owner under safeguards and reviewed for adoption; each gate asks for evidence of effect, safety and cost before the next stage. Design of the process, not a record of a run.

Fig.How a finding is reviewed before it is published. Design, not a record.

04Technologies under assessment

What could change AI practice, and what it still has to show.

TechnologyWhat it could changeWhat remains to be shown
Automated red teamingBroader coverage of failure modesCoverage of novel failures; evaluator reliability
Interpretability methodsUnderstanding why models failScale and faithfulness of explanations
Content provenance standardsLabelling synthetic mediaAdoption and robustness to removal
AI for scientific discoveryFaster hypotheses and simulationValidation and reproducibility
05Build and test

From idea to tested capability.

Promising work can be built in Nexus Foundry and tested under controlled conditions through Nexus Universe. No technology is described as proven before it has been tested and reviewed.

06Sources

Where this page's references lead.

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07Questions

Questions and answers.

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