Visited local AI meetup organized by Vattan, Astra & co, Hosted by Helmes https://lu.ma/0045px5e

I liked quote by Astra Tikas (targeted towards individual presenters). I think it summarizes AI ecosystem well :D

"You are not special" "No, you are special, all of you are special"

Intros and use-cases

• Elisa
• ESGrid
• Impactly
• Up Catalyst
• TalTech

Panel discussion on "Green Tech through AI"

Kristjan Järvi

• Subjectivity
• understanding of yourself from inside
• AI increasing yourself
• Creating a whole world
• Getting free out of the temporary, the engrained, breaking out of generational bias, traumatized state
  • "Twilight senses" project
  • agentic self

AI OBJECTIVITY

Priit Lepasepp

• old power plants
• energy efficiency
• how to consume electricity in the future
• wanting everything now
  • its not possible
  • fixed agreement? bullshit bingo
  • PV does not work, wind not always blowing, infrastructure as a grid
• Sunly
  • 4 markets
  • 300 people
• Regulation is complicated
• Electrical engineering, renewables popular in women
  • men want to burn stuff :D
• AI
  • data is there
  • explain how it did it
  • Estonian electricity does not make sense
  • Narva burning stuff
  • EVs
• Sustainability
• Microsoft + Nuclear
• Battery storage
• Desynchronization
• Google - efficient at energy

Külli Vunk, Head of Data Services @Helmes Question: on hype and SMBs

• spending R&Ds
  • how and why
• experienced in TelCo
  • forerunners
  • legacy infra
• competitors
• underutilized universities - lots of resources, smart people

Pilleriin Laanemets, Board Member @Dremester Question: on circular economy how is AI helping

• some companies applied AI in transition
• its always about the price
• sustainability docs
• ESG params
• competitive
• outcome from env perspective & economic perspective - pays off
• scalable model
• impact is bigger

Külli - have you created any cool projects (at Helmes)

• companies need to do digitalization first
• then basic prediction models
• including in circular economy
• e-commerce. return problem.
• analytics platforms
  • reporting
  • prediction model
  • training
  • weather forecasts
  • potentials
• What if software could have energy efficiency could have
• Advices
  • Cost optimization
  • Healthtech - have money
  • Fintech - have money
  • VC funds -> B2B companies
  • AI infra

Question: AI climate impact goals in Estonia?

Priit:

• we are so small
• central Europe -> US or Asia
• we (estonians) are storytellers
• cleantech 80% of funding is energy
  • how much metal is in Estonia
  • how much electricity can I put through it?
  • AI understands it
  • here (in Estonia) grids are not privately held, US has private grids
  • you can hypothetically find who/what kills nature, and fix that

Kristjan:

• where energy starts from?
  • you
• fear of missing out.
• where do you put your resources
• efficiency, cost less
• vs
• change own understanding / mindset
  • what people want from life
  • not to deal with problems
  • male / female energy is out of balance, need more female energy
• Avatar movie; we are all native to this Earth
• ying yang work again
• how can AI help?
  • AI is the main tool
  • psychiatrist
  • sing and dance
• Estonia gifting Earth
• People recognize ourselves
  • Elon Musk - we are in a simulation
  • its the AI that we are

Vattan:

• AI empowering people
  • having world knowledge in your hand
  • be faster

Question: What are you excited about

Pilleriin:

• Prevention
  • ML models of circular economy preventing
  • resource efficiency
  • competitive

Külli:

• bringing knowledge & accessibility
• individuals using AI in broad

Kristjan:

• self empowerment not as much as self awareness
  • slowdive
  • frequency zones
  • holistic healing
  • future medicine
  • sounds

Priit:

• electricity & efficiency

Question is AI a "car"?

• audience: more like a conveyer belt
• automation and digitalization
• AI act

Astra:

• Scared about sustainability
• Agents
• what future will look like with agents?
• human in a loop
• take care of us
• can we solve it for the future? that agents can consume but people not? (not social interference?)

Priit:

• hope not
• for engineering mindset
• logical to have wife made up
• physical contact
• billion company
• but not alone

Kristjan:

• edgy but comfort zone
• lets go play. best stuff there
• depends on a person and mindset
• everything is a manipulation
• raise awareness
• part of evolution

My questions 💭

• To Kristjan on AI objectivity
• To Priit
  • on constant Energy supply, Fusion and Nuclear
  • feels like we are creating artificial scarcity

• To Külli - examples of circular economy projects
• To Külli - isn't needed infrastructure for the software sufficient for estimating the climate impact?