1、How artificial intelligence can unlock a new future for infrastructureSeptember 2024Foreword One of the greatest constants in the world is change.Sometimes,change is incremental,but at other times,it can be monumental,instrumental,or even disruptive.The world is grappling with a number of truly glob

2、al challenges,suchas meeting net zero,achieving more for less and improving societal outcomes.The infrastructure sector is vital for driving such changes and improvements forward.At the first Global Leadership Forum(GLF)summit,much of the focus was on net zero,and this challenge remains.Another reoc

3、curring theme,however,continued to emerge:how we can use technology and AI to supercharge progress,reduce waste,and improve project delivery.This inevitably led to global leaders asking how such technologies were going to affect not only the wider sector but also their own operations.FIDICs collabor

4、ation with EY remains strong,and this report continues to show the GLFs commitment to tackling the most significant challenges the infrastructure industry faces.Undoubtably,artificial intelligence(AI)is here to stay,and our sector will not be immune to this change.It is,however,also important to not

5、e that there is no single version of AI and that there is a common misconception of the different models and tools that are being developed.Only recently,the Financial Times1 reported that the next versions of large language models from ChatGPT and others will be capable of reasoning.Individuals suc

6、h as Elon Musk in 2024 suggested well have AI that is smarter than any one human,probably around the end of next year,and that within the next five years,the capabilities of AI will probably exceed those of all humans2.This report demonstrates how transformative AI could be for the infrastructure se