What does AI actually change in heavy industry? Jonathan Green talks with Rick Carlisle — a lifelong technologist who started coding in COBOL — about AI in IT and the oil fields: using AI to add layers of safety rather than replace them, catching patterns in alarm and monitoring data, and why the data-center boom is even reviving nuclear power.
Key Takeaways:
• Use AI to add layers of safety — don't trade existing safety for efficiency
• AI shines at spotting patterns in alarm/monitoring data that humans miss
• The data-center power demand is reviving nuclear
• AI's real value is augmentation and speed, not replacing proven systems
• "Artificial" is a label — the underlying reality (and the safety stakes) hasn't changed
Notable Quotes:
"We throw the term 'artificial' on it, but the biology hasn't changed." — Rick Carlisle
"I'd rather use AI to add more layers of safety than to replace the existing layers." — Jonathan Green
Connect with Rick Carlisle:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickcde
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Key Takeaways:
• Use AI to add layers of safety — don't trade existing safety for efficiency
• AI shines at spotting patterns in alarm/monitoring data that humans miss
• The data-center power demand is reviving nuclear
• AI's real value is augmentation and speed, not replacing proven systems
• "Artificial" is a label — the underlying reality (and the safety stakes) hasn't changed
Notable Quotes:
"We throw the term 'artificial' on it, but the biology hasn't changed." — Rick Carlisle
"I'd rather use AI to add more layers of safety than to replace the existing layers." — Jonathan Green
Connect with Rick Carlisle:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickcde
Enjoyed this? Follow The Artificial Intelligence Podcast and share it with someone in IT or heavy industry.
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