Aerospace Xelerated recently hosted a panel discussing one of our upcoming programme themes. In the'Demystifying AI' panel, we welcomed some exciting guests from the field: The diverse range of panellists, hosted by Programme Manager Ksenia Kurileva, discussed the importance and challenges that Artificial Intelligence poses. We learned how panelists got into the AI space and their experiences with artificial intelligence, including the projects that they are currently working on. John McKenna shared how Artificial Intelligence is assisting in aviation regulation in relation to drone company Sees.ai. He flagged the issue of capturing data and its importance to AI: data is required to train AI models, but the initial data needs to be obtained before that can happen.

Modern technology has observed an immense evolution. Self-driven cars, instant translation, and cell phones that will do anything we need with a simple verbal order, are some examples of artificial intelligence (AI). We have discussed it with Gianluca Mauro, energy engineer, co-author and co-founder together with Nicolò Valigi of the AI Academy, a consulting firm of tech experts with the mission to help business leaders to "understand AI and what to do with it through trainings and coaching, and build successful AI projects with tailored consulting." Gianluca is a Roman, young entrepreneur and speaker, who has the ambitious plan to spread awareness about AI. Considering the many hardships of being young professionals -- especially in Italy -- we talked with him about the academy, the main issues in the Italian educational and professional fields, and prejudices against AI.