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It wasn't the future after all: Ford is rehiring hundreds of quality-control engineers after its AI inspection push fell short (www.vozpopuli.com)

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[–] RandomStranger@piefed.social 49 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It's very telling about the "quality" of American industry. They wouldn't even run a pilot to figure out if the new tools work before they fire the staff? What kind of morons run these companies?

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 6 points 13 hours ago

They think "move fast and break things" is an intelligent mantra. An aspirational goal.

In other words, they are stupid assholes.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 day ago

The kind of people who understoood the point of AI and automation was never about it working but rather about convincing society to devalue their workers, and that has worked perfectly.

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 25 points 1 day ago

Not morons, sociopaths.

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The executives who push for quarter to quarter earnings targets over any other metric. (For the bonus from shareholders)