Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for a long time in one form or another. In fact, the underlying concept first emerged around the 1850s. However, AI had relatively little impact on the collective consciousness until the launch of ChatGPT on 20 November 2022. That’s only two and a half years before this year’s Embedded Online Conference—but my, how things have changed.

Today, AI is being used to design embedded hardware (from chips to boards) and embedded software. It’s also being used to write documentation and to extract useful information from it. Furthermore, the embedded systems designed with the help of AI are being used to run AI, the AIs are now capable of cloning themselves, and then things start to get complicated. And, just to add a dollop of metaphorical cream on top of the allegorical cake, AI is insinuating itself into our lives in ways most people aren’t even aware of.

In this presentation, we will explore so many aspects of AI that it will make your head spin. As is often the case with sessions like this, we will be leaping from topic to topic with the agility of young mountain goats—so I encourage you to dress appropriately and responsibly.