Artificial Intelligence Used within Utility Engineering Projects and the Professional Engineer’s Responsibility

Utility engineering projects can benefit from the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and engineers will require a combination of new skills and application of traditional methods to encourage the advancement of AI. There exist many professional practice standards to assist the professional engineer with their responsibility in engineering reviewing work that can be applied to the collection, review, and interpretation of background data. In recent years, the growth of artificial intelligence has provided may improvements in data collection, review, and interpretation that will require professional engineers to oversee and validate the results. Artificial Intelligence has been seen in recent utility projects in the collection, review, and interpretation of background record information. This paper will look at the challenges facing the professional engineer to satisfy their obligations when it comes to AI used in projects completed under their supervision including references to existing professional practice standards. AI will require new responsibilities for the professional engineer.