Ford Had to Rehire Veteran Engineers After Its AI Flopped. Other Employers Should Take Notice
The automaker became a case study in AI hubris, bringing back 350 "gray beard" engineers to teach its automated quality systems to build cars that don't suck.
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At a conference last year, Ford CEO Jim Farley said that artificial intelligence is "going to replace literally half of all white-collar workers in the US." Just last week, Ford executives said that the automaker had quietly rehired more than 350 of what it internally calls "gray beard" engineers over the past three years to help fix the AI quality-control systems that weren't getting the job done.
Over the last decade, US automakers have cut more than 20,000 jobs, nearly a 20% reduction in workforce between Ford, General Motors and Stellantis combined. While Ford hasn't said for sure how many of these gray beard rehires were originally fired to make way for AI and how many are simply returning...
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