The Amazing Ways Artificial Intelligence (AI) Can Now Detect Dangers At Work

More people die in construction than in any other industry, and the number one cause of death on a job site is falling. Autodesk's latest addition to its BIM 360 suite of artificial intelligence (AI) enabled industry tools – Construction IQ – aims to reduce these tragic occurrences. It does this by predicting when falls are likely to happen – as well as any other danger to life, limb, or even just quality of work. Autodesk's data scientists hit upon the solution while looking for applications where the massive amount of data collected on modern-day construction sites could be put to use, thanks to the industry's enthusiastic adoption of mobile tools and sensing devices. "Imagine being a construction manager and having to contend with the fact that every X number of months, someone's going to die on the job – it's unfathomable to most of us in white collar jobs," says Pat Keaney, Autodesk's lead on the Construction IQ project.