Trustworthy AI and digitalization reshape the future engineering
What is it about?
This article investigates, in a broad view, what fundamental changes the new industrial revolution led by AI is bringing to us, how AI, IoT, digital trust & security, and other enabling technologies come together to drive almost every aspect of our society, including engineering, in a revolutionary course, how digitalization is transforming the engineering and scientific paradigms, what are potential directions for new engineering paradigms, what are significant challenges, how trustworthiness of systems evolve, and why trustworthy AI systems are critical.
Why is it important?
This article reveals the pattern of industrial revolutions; it shows a roadmap of how engineering practices and approaches need to adapt, including moving from information-centered to machine intelligence-centered, from digitizing to digitalizing processes, and from centralized to distributed and pervasive mode. It highlights ubiquitous machine intelligence, digitalization, and digital trust as pivotal new elements in future engineering. The article provides a comprehensive and forward-looking perspective on digital engineering, AI, and digital trust for future engineering.