At Hazardex Live 2026, Angus Keddie, Director of Process Safety Matters, will discuss how to develop an AI adept process safety mindset.

As with most areas of modern life, Process Safety is on the cusp of experiencing the AI tsunami. Underpinned by the remarkable longevity of Moore’s Law, which has for decades correctly predicted that the cost of a unit of computing power will half every 2 years, the capabilities of Process Safety relevant AI tools such as Open AI’s ChatGPT and Kairostech’s HAZOP Assistant are already a growing part of the Process Hazard Assessment Landscape. In this context, a fixed Process Safety Mindset is vulnerable and the development of an AI Adept one is crucial to be able to continue to effectively integrate new AI tools into our HAZOP teams.

This paper will:

- Describe a history of the use of computing in Process Safety
- Present the strengths and weaknesses of AI HAZOP tools and propose some psychological approaches which can harness and address them
- Discuss the pros and cons of humanising AI tool output
- Suggest a framework for assessing the best combination of AI tool autonomy and humanised output

The goal of the paper is to create a road map for the journey to an AI Adept Process Safety Mindset, such that your Process Hazard Assessment Teams can continue to minimise the likelihood of future Major Accidents.

About the speaker:

Angus Keddie is a Chemical Engineer with almost 40 years’ experience in the international high hazards industry. During the first 25 of those years, he held roles in diverse fields such as design, operations, commissioning, proposals and training. Latterly, via the companies he founded, AK Safety First and Process Safety Matters, he has led scores of Process Hazard Assessments, also developing and presenting associated training courses.