Artificial intelligence (AI) is also changing the way the energy sector works. New AI-based systems and solutions can help to improve safety and efficiency. But this innovative technology presents another source of risk.
That raises concerns for us, as emphasised by our main issue for 2025.
We have also discussed AI with technologists, managements, employees and researchers both inside and outside the sector. That has illuminated both risks and opportunities, upsides and downsides, and highlighted important views on where our attention should be concentrated as the AI wave washes over us.
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Artificial intelligence is also a risk factor
Published:Artificial intelligence (AI) offers many benefits and improvements, positive solutions and reduced risk, notes Havtil director general Anne Myhrvold. “But it may also be a risk factor in itself. Our main issue for 2025 gives us the opportunity to emphasis
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Employees demand genuine participation
Published:Given the growing use of AI in the petroleum sector, vice president Lill-Heidi Bakkerud at Styrke expects the companies to secure expertise, involve their employees in key decision-making processes and ensure genuine participation.
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Technology development is organisational development
Published:Tekna president Elisabet Haugsbø emphasises that the right specialist expertise must be in place to ensure a balance between the pros and cons of AI.
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AI can give Norway a competitive edge
Published:Kristine Dahl Steidel, CEO of Microsoft Norway, believes AI has a massive potential for fuelling value creation and enhancing efficiency. She also thinks Norway can lead the way in applying it responsibly.
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From niche to universal
Published:AI has evolved from a mathematical research field into a technology which is impinging on the whole of society.
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Set to separate winners from losers
Published:CEO Karl Johnny Hersvik at Aker BP is convinced that the pace of implementing AI holds the key to future competitiveness, and that the biggest risk lies in not adopting it.
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Five AI paradoxes
Published:Leading US researcher Mica R. Endsley is very positive about AI, but admits to having certain reservations. She highlights here some key preconditions for interacting with AI.
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Intelligence explained
Published:What is actually meant by explainable AI? And how can decisions taken by a technology most people do not fully understand be trusted?
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AI on the fast track
Published:A new knowledge overview has clarified the fundamental risks posed by developing and applying AI in the petroleum sector, particularly where major accident risk is concerned. It finds that new technologies are being rapidly introduced.
Dialogue articles
These articles have been taken from our Dialogue journal, which aims to encourage debate on some of the most relevant issues and challenges faced by the industry in the safety area.