Ford rehires human engineers after AI fails to match quality checks
The car-maker found AI quality checks failed to match the skill of veteran technicians.
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"Artificial intelligence is a fantastic tool, but it's only as good as the information you use to train it."
— Charles Poon , Executive
"AI will leave a lot of white collar people behind."
— Jim Farley , Executive
"We are deploying AI across the entire industrial system."
— Kumar Galhotra , Executive
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The car-maker found AI quality checks failed to match the skill of veteran technicians.
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