Ford executives said they have hired 350 veteran engineers — some of them were former employees, while others had been working at suppliers — after artificial intelligence and automated systems failed to deliver the desired quality level.
Ford executives said they have hired 350 veteran engineers — some of them were former employees, while others had been working at suppliers — after artificial intelligence and automated systems failed to deliver the desired quality level.
I work for a legacy manufacturing company, big name, you’d know it, but this kind of situation that happened to Ford is one of my biggest fears. I got the opportunity to be the youngest person in the room with guys with 20+ yoe and I got to learn from osmosis for years. Now I’m 10+ years myself, and not many of the old guys left and not a lot of young people either. So if they don’t invest in the talent pool, it’s going to sink our ship in ~15 years.
Yeah, you’re fucked. In our current economic system it’s basically impossible to think on these kind of time horizons.
on the other hand, Ford clearly does not understand how to design or manufacture vehicles because China already does it better despite Ford’s 100 year head start.
There is a lot of stupid shit in US automotive engineering that is only done for historic reasons…like why does every model need unique handles, switches, knobs, etc.
Yeah, because some Americans make fun of Toyota for doing that because they think it’s lazy.