[baz00]

Yes this. 25 years ago we had a big engineering management system and ran statistical analysis on assembly level MTTF and MTTR. This analysis would be fed back into maintenance scheduling and recall notification. Result interpretation after post mortem would drive design changes, testing and supplier contracts.

As for AI, I suspect this is just another excuse to use it over more formal methods. I prefer the formal methods for various reasons I can't be bothered to list here.

[philberto]

Do you mind sharing a couple of reasons?

[baz00]

1. Difficult to reason how it came to a conclusion which is required for evidencing spending.

2. Cost