As artificial intelligence systems demonstrate impressive capabilities in pattern recognition and data analysis, should these systems generate safety recommendations based on analytics?

This question requires careful examination of both AI's technical capabilities and the organizational dynamics that govern safety improvement. 

Those of us in the aviation profession, whether we maintain the aircraft or fly them, have all heard of Human Factors at some point in our career.  But do we actually know what Human Factors is?  Or, is it, what Human Factors are?