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Oct 21, 2026
Industrial AI, Frontline Operations & Risk in Regulated Industries - Tony Beebe | Ep 384
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1:36Ezekiel IferiaHOST
So how is building AI for a welder, for example, or maybe a pipe fitter, how is it different from building AI for a knowledge worker? What do office-focused AI builders actually miss?
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1:54Tony BeebeGUEST
You know, I'll start with a little bit of a background on me right out of engineering school.
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2:00Tony BeebeGUEST
I went to work for a drilling company and I went to work on offshore drilling rigs and they wanted me to learn how the company made money drilling wells.
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2:10Tony BeebeGUEST
And I went through a blue collar journeyman apprenticeship program that took three years.
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2:15Tony BeebeGUEST
And it was fast-tracked, but I learned how to become a driller and did a lot of blue-collar trades work over a few years and spent a lot of time with the people and then ended up supervising and running projects and drilling rigs in later years.
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2:31Tony BeebeGUEST
And I think one of the things people forget is they don't sit at a computer and look at things They put their hands on steel.
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2:39Tony BeebeGUEST
They're in a real physical environment and they don't always have access to phones, smart devices, computers or not readily available.
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