The Tech'o'Space Podcast Episode 37 - Powering Innovation: Engineering AI for Real-World Impact

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Blake Harkness who is the Graduate Network Engineer and AI Engineer of MainPower New Zealand Limited and Harkness AI company respectively based out of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand:1. Gives a walkthrough of his journey landing up in MainPower company - an electricity distribution company for North Canterbury.2. Provides a complete overview of his AI expertise on the lines of use case identification and building, also upskilling staff in the use of it, to the listeners.3. Talks about his roles and responsibilities as the Graduate Network Engineer for MainPower company.4. Mentions about the key learnings that he has grabbed while working on a range of applications and also directly helping people upskill with AI.5. Talks about the relatability factor of Mechatronics with that of AI, that he would like to share with the listeners.6. Gives a deep insight on his contract gig with the Harkness AI company.7. Mentions about the types of chatbots that he has designed in his current tenure.8. His take on correlating the world of Data Science with the intelligence of the AI.9. Talks about the types of back-end technologies and methodologies used by MainPower Company, since their focus from start has been on data and AI.