EP:3 One technology, two truths: The AI conversation we need to have

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This episode discusses the complexities and risks associated with AI adoption in high-stakes environments.

“If AI influences the decision, who owns the outcome?” AI is accelerating how organisations build, test and deploy new ideas, compressing timelines that once stretched for years into a matter of weeks. That speed creates genuine opportunity. It also introduces new forms of exposure, particularly for businesses operating in high-risk, safety-critical or heavily regulated environments. In this episode of The Risk Factor , Arrash Nekonam, CTO at COMET, is joined by Jaye Deighton, Global Head of ICT & Innovation at Peterson Control Union, and tech entrepreneur Steve Shearman to examine the tension at the heart of AI adoption. One technology. Two truths. AI can unlock efficiency and competitive advantage. It can also blur accountability, outpace governance and create overconfidence in systems that are still probabilistic by nature. Together, they explore: • The pressure to “do something” with AI • Build vs buy vs wait • Why data quality determines outcomes • The danger of treating AI as infallible • Where responsibility sits when systems influence decisions This is a grounded, board-level discussion about judgement, discipline and ownership in high-stakes environments. If you are…

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Guests: Jaye Deighton, Steve Shearman

Topics covered

• AI
• accountability
• risk management
• data quality
• governance

Keywords

• efficiency
• competitive advantage
• AI strategy
• intelligent systems

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