Commonplace Book Style Related Technical Briefs and References:

AI & Power:

• “AI and Sustainability”, Catalyst Tech Brief, August 2024

• “Is the Future of AI Analog”, Catalyst Tech Brief, 2024

• “AI and Power Grids (tech brief), Catalyst Tech Brief, 2024 

• CPU vs GPU, The Economist Impact Series Report, May 2025

• AI Strategy; Information Integrity (Work in Progress)

• AI Strategy Best Practices (Coming Soon)

• Power Hungry Processing: Watts Driving the Cost of AI Deployment? https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.16863
  This shows that 2.9 KWHs with a 3.31 KW standard deviation are required for one Gen AI image generation.

• Goldman Sachs: How much power will AI use?  It will be stoked partly by electrification and industrial re-shoring but also by AI. Data centers will use 8% of US power by 2030, compared with 3% in 2022.May 14, 2024
  https://www.goldmansachs.com/intelligence/pages/AI-poised-to-drive-160-increase-in-power-demand.html

• Sidhu, AI Power Consumption, LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-next-global-sustainability-challenge-solution-ikhlaq-sidhu-9ogef/?trackingId=ufXtFNxLQTCIVlkWf83MYA%3D%3D
  (The prior post is here): 

• The Data Center Market size is estimated to reach $418 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 9.6% from 2023 to 2030. According to USITC, as of 2022, there are approximately 8000 physical data centers present across the globe. https://www.industryarc.com/Report/19401/data-center-market.html

• Platt, The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog Computing, Wired, March 30, 2023

• Ghose, Reducing AI’s Climate Impact: Everything You Always Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask, https://scet.berkeley.edu/reducing-ais-climate-impact-everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask/

• Ariel Cohen, AI Is Pushing The World Toward An Energy Crisis, Forbes, May 2024

AI Health and Medicine:

• Please take a look at this article on the IE-HBKU Health Technology Collider Summary.

• See how digital biomarkers are part of the future of healthcare. In this case example, medical testing is done at home instead of using medical resources and hospital staff.   Onera Health (see post)

Education and Future of Work:

• A Blueprint Science & Technology  - Why new options for academics are now possible and needed.

• Future of Work - Why we can't live without AI, and what we can expect in the Workplace

• Economist Summit 2024 - Viewpoints from CEOs and industry leaders on AI adoption, use cases, and business trends

• A Practical Guide to Education in an AI World - How to manage with AI as an instructor and academic institution.

• A Northstar for the 20-Year Future of Education with AI - What we can expect for students in classes, the professors changing role, and what disruptions are likely for universities.

• State of the Union 2024 at the European University Institute - Technology, regulation, and the main issues of the EU in 2024

• Certainty or Intelligence: Pick One!  - A discussion of logical intelligence vs predictive and pattern matching-based intelligence by Prof. Edward Lee of Berkeley

• Sidhu, Education in Crisis. What can we offer the other 99%? The Problem is Big. AI is only part of the Answer. LI, October 14, 2024

• Sidhu, Why are we not ready for Project-based Mastery Learning? LI Post, Octover 20, 2024

AI and Clean Tech

• Michael Marks talks about the smart construction industry at IE University

• Catalyst Impact Lectures: Caleb Boyd, Molten Industries (Green Hydrogen, Synthetic Fuels) -  

AI Data & Crypto Tools:

• DataX at Berkeley

• IE Tech Venture Bootcamp Tool Kits

• Blockchain Future

• IE 50 Year Vision

AI, Truth and Trust

• In Search of Truth and the Future of Media 

Financial and Mobile Systems

• What's Next: Future of Virtual Asset Regulation - Summary of the Ripple UBRI XRP Collider for Virtual Asset Regulation

• What's Next in Blockchain and Virtual Assets 

AI and New Energy Sources