Inside the Numbers: AI Risk in Engineering with Jim Compton and Joe Bates
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Inside the Numbers: AI Risk in Engineering with Jim Compton and Joe Bates

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 21, 202627 min
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Artificial intelligence is moving fast and engineering firms are being asked to adopt it just as quickly. But what does that mean for risk? On this episode of Engineering Influence, Jim Compton and Joe Bates dig into new research from the ACEC Research Institute examining how AI adoption is reshaping risk exposure across the engineering industry. They break down what the data actually shows: where firms are seeing the most risk, how leadership is thinking about liability and oversight, and what firms of every size should be considering as they build out their own AI strategies. <...

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Welcome to the Engineering Influence Podcast from the American Council of Engineering Companies. Today we're digging into a new study from the ACEC Research Institute called Managing AI Risk in Engineering Firms. Research built on interviews with firm leaders, public infrastructure owners, technology vendors,

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insurers, attorneys, and licensing authorities. All trying to answer the same question, which is, what actually happens when AI enters a profession where the standard of care isn't optional. To help us unpack that, I'm joined by two guests. If you're any fan or follower of the program, the man needs no introduction.

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Joe Bates, our senior researcher at the ACEC Research Institute, a long-time returning guest, and has been instrumental in the Institute's work on the AI series of research they've been doing, the Firm of the Future, larger initiative with the Institute and all of its economic research. Joe has been guiding the industry research for the Institute for a number of years now.

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