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Beyond the Hype - Navigating the Invisible Engineering Risks of Industrial AI Use (INVITATION ONLY)CPD: 1 hour

Speaker:
Dr David A Rivkin PhD
Date/Time:
Wednesday 11th November 2026 @ 5:30 PM
Venue:
Edinburgh
Hosted by:
IET Scotland South East
About this event:
The integration of AI across Health Care, Energy and Manufacturing has moved past the pilot phase and into mission-critical infrastructure.While high - level benefits are heavily celebrated they often obscure severe operational risks. Traditional software engineering treats code as a static,deterministic asset. Machine learning systems,however,are probabilistic,volatile and highly sensitive to environmental context. This presentation pulls back the curtain on hidden technical dangers of deployed AI systems that sit outside the awareness of typical non-specialist stakeholders. The mechanics of 'data drift' - the process by which live AI models silently degrade over time without triggering system alerts and the optimization hazards of 'reward hacking' will be examined. Also covered will be the security vulnerabilities of poisoned data pipelines,human-factor risks of automation bias and the compliance challenges posed by 'black-box' uninterpretability.
Why attend this event:
Attendees will leave with a practical understanding of the invisible failure modes and actionable Machine Learning Operations strategies to safely audit,monitor and govern AI assets within complex engineering environments.
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