Over the last few months, while attending the Executive Programme in Business Management at ISB, I have had more exposure to AI and generative AI. It has made me think seriously about how engineering work may change over the next few years.
AI can certainly help us review information, prepare documents, compare requirements and explore possible solutions faster. But engineering is not only about producing an answer. It also involves understanding the actual process conditions, questioning assumptions, assessing risk and taking responsibility for the final decision.
This becomes even more important in safety-critical areas, where a technically convincing answer may still be wrong or incomplete.
So, I have been reflecting on a broader question:
How should engineers prepare for the growing use of AI without losing the technical judgement, practical understanding and professional accountability that define engineering?
I would be interested to hear how other engineers are approaching this in their own fields.
