VIDEO: How do we use AI to find innovative solutions to combat corrosion?

Ahmad Al-Khowaiter
Executive vice president of Technology and Innovation 
19th Middle East Corrosion Conference (MECC)

Ahmad O. Al-Khowaiter
Executive vice president of Technology and Innovation

We all know that corrosion is one of the most persistent and therefore most expensive challenges we face.

Studies indicate that close to $1 trillion per year in savings can be realized just by applying AI and other corrosion control technologies.

AI gives us the power to predict failures before they occur, optimize maintenance schedules and extend the productive life of critical assets.

So maximizing the potential of AI is critical and for industry specifically, whether it is fighting corrosion or any other opportunity, we require three main elements.

First, you need tremendous amounts of real-world data. At Aramco, we use more than 90 years of proprietary data and collect information continuously from 10 billion data points a day. 

Second, you need large amounts of computing power. This is the infrastructure which trains and deploys these AI models at scale. 

Third, and perhaps the most important, is something often overlooked in our excitement about technology. It is the talent. Our subject matter experts, who interpret, validate and apply the AI insights, who are the most invaluable.

These are the pillars on which we have developed the industry’s first industrial Large Language Model.

But, our LLM is not just about scale; it is about solutions.