人工智能的爆炸式增长为钻井行业带来了巨大的机遇和战略挑战。NOV首席技术官兼首席营销官大卫·里德表示，其中一个挑战是如何将人与人工智能完美融合。3月16日，里德先生在接受DC采访时强调，钻井企业可以借鉴航空和商业航运等其他行业的经验，来改进这一融合过程。

他还指出，在人工智能应用方面，系统性思维至关重要——实际上，企业需要在引入人工智能之前，设计出能够尽可能高效运行的系统。里德先生是在SPE钻井系统先进技术分会和国际钻井承包商协会（IADC）先进钻机技术委员会联合举办的研讨会的小组讨论环节中发表上述讲话的。

AI’s explosive growth is presenting both massive opportunities and strategic challenges for the drilling industry. One of those challenges, says David Reid, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at NOV, is how to integrate the human into the loop along with AI. Speaking with DC on 16 March, Mr Reid highlighted how drillers can learn from other industries, such as aviation and commercial shipping, to improve that integration process.

He also noted the importance of systems-based thinking when it comes to AI adoption – effectively, the need for companies to design systems that can work as efficiently as possible before AI is introduced. Mr Reid spoke as part of a panel session held during a workshop co-hosted by SPE’s Drilling Systems Advancement Technical Section and the IADC Advanced Rig Technology Committee.