Bryan DeBois -Industrial AI, Digital Twins, and Safer OT Automation

<p>Industrial AI can help manufacturers modernize legacy plants—but only if they understand the systems, data, people, and cybersecurity risks involved.</p><p><br></p><p>Host Wil Klusovsky speaks with Bryan DeBois, Director of Industrial AI at RoviSys, about bringing AI into real manufacturing and operational technology environments. Bryan explains how industrial AI connects with PLCs, HMIs, digital twins, and manufacturing data to improve processes without replacing every older machine. They also discuss IT/OT convergence, OT cybersecurity, deep reinforcement learning, and why experienced humans must remain part of critical decisions.</p><p><br></p><p>Key takeaways:</p><p><br></p><p>Understand how OT system integrators connect the plant floor</p><p>Learn how AI can optimize legacy manufacturing equipment</p><p>Explore digital twins and deep reinforcement learning</p><p>Identify cybersecurity concerns created by IT/OT convergence</p><p>Examine the growing manufacturing expertise gap</p><p>Recognize the limits of generative AI in critical environments</p><p><br></p><p>Follow The Keyboard Samurai for more conversations about the business of cyber and tech. Leave a review and share this episode with someone working in manufacturing, OT, AI, or cybersecurity.</p><p><br></p><p>Find Bryan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-debois/</p>