Safety and assurance engineering · AI where it earns its place

Safety-critical engineering runs on tools from another era. This is the work of modernising them.

Rebuilding the tools, processes and training it runs on.

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Modernising Safety Engineering

A fortnightly essay from inside the work of rebuilding the tools safety-critical engineering runs on, with AI where it earns its place. Free.

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No. 1 · ToolsWhy I think the tools are holding safety engineering back No. 2 · Systems and processesWhy I think the processes are holding safety engineering back No. 3 · TrainingWhy I think training is holding safety engineering back

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Ben Fulford is on a mission to modernise safety engineering by rebuilding the tools, processes and training it runs on. He has over 15 years in functional safety across defence, maritime, nuclear and aerospace, including safety manager on the Astute submarine PMS. He led BMT's AI-HAZOP work and writes Modernising Safety Engineering on Substack.

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