James Thomson
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2,279 appearances
7 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 12 Jun
James Thomson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It's lumpy.
It's bumpy.
It doesn't look like a linear out with fossil fuels in with something else.
Oh, I am talking about AI on a panel today, Alan, indeed.
Well, it's about AI and tech.
And I think when you go up to the mines, you're reminded of how much – well, they don't call it AI, but it is AI – how much AI is being used already, you know,
At Western Ranges Mine, which was opened a couple of years ago, 80% of the trucks in that area, in that sort of mining hub around there, are autonomous.
You know, no drivers.
50% of the drills used in that area are autonomous.
And so that's a sort of form of AI that really transforms the way those mines operate.
You don't see a whole lot of people on site.
And they're mainly doing supervisory roles, I guess, supervising this autonomous equipment.
So, yep, the next jump for them is how do you use more AI?
And they are doing that.
Like everybody else, there's a whole lot of noise around that, I think.
You know, everyone's got an idea about AI, but how it's practically being used is what I'm hoping to explore on this panel.
By human beings.
Well, I mean, that is a question that I've got.
Like you...
You see on these mine sites, obviously it's, you know, very dangerous work, but all these people flying in and flying out, if you had humanoid robots, you could eliminate that as well.
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