<![CDATA[Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires.]]>Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires.

"Mistakenly, we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that that would produce a high-quality product."

https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ford-ai-automation-human-workers-b3003787.html

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://1040ste.net/users/brad/statuses/116833603676557414https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://1040ste.net/users/brad/statuses/116833603676557414Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:21:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:43:07 GMT]]>@evacide I don't trust you, I maintain zero trust on all things!
Thanks for the intel btw]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friendica.rogueproject.org/objects/b71a4a1e-606a-4268-5b26-063921804460https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friendica.rogueproject.org/objects/b71a4a1e-606a-4268-5b26-063921804460Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:43:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:39:31 GMT]]>@petealexharris @unattributed @evacide you need to value the goose

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/anyia/statuses/116833437080083855https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/anyia/statuses/116833437080083855Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:39:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:59:59 GMT]]>@trebach @brad @evacide Fix it again Tony

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/mmm_kay/statuses/116833045686126305https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/mmm_kay/statuses/116833045686126305Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:59:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:02:24 GMT]]>@su_liam @kmck @evacide

Well, you and I are hardly the right kind of people. Only the right kind of people can be careless get away with it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116832819277102902https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116832819277102902Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:02:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:18:14 GMT]]>@Enema_Cowboy Meritocracy is a superposition of two reasonings:

  • This managing job is so simple that it doesn't matter that it's given to somebody's nephew.

  • This managing job is so hard that we have to weed out everybody who has wasted their career in non-managing jobs.

@jamesmarshall @evacide

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/riley/statuses/116832645605979896https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/riley/statuses/116832645605979896Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:18:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:54:24 GMT]]>@evacide Hey 👋

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/ap/users/116822091645203949/statuses/116832315910757688https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/ap/users/116822091645203949/statuses/116832315910757688Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:54:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:12:58 GMT]]>@evacide I guess they couldn't afford us white beards

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/happyborg/statuses/116832153012966815https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/happyborg/statuses/116832153012966815Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:12:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:11:47 GMT]]>@nazokiyoubinbou @Arapalla @brad @evacide I had a decent Ford once. It was made by Kia.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/aatch/statuses/116832148357111784https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/aatch/statuses/116832148357111784Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:11:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:53:59 GMT]]>@evacide the ones with shares don't know nothing about production, for them it's only a money in money out process
For this reason ai for them seems a so good solution
But still they don't get it, for them it's all a issue of abstract numbers

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sociale.network/users/filobus/statuses/116831842417477498https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sociale.network/users/filobus/statuses/116831842417477498Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:53:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:18:27 GMT]]>@kmck @evacide yeah exactly this. There was no mistake, everyone know exactly what they were doing. Bunch of people got a big fat bonus for the initial layoffs and won't see any blowback for the consequences.

Grinds my gears that everyone is parroting the "haha, we didn't know, oopsie so silly!" line

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/aburka/statuses/116831466785669138https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/aburka/statuses/116831466785669138Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:18:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:48:27 GMT]]>@evacide a chance for Ford engineers to make an old joke become real

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sil/statuses/116831112893335741https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sil/statuses/116831112893335741Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:48:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:21:06 GMT]]>@evacide Old Hank Ford was a shitty old guy, but he knew where his market was coming from.

A good example of Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons was billionaires thinking other billionaires will pay their customers.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116831005331805784https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116831005331805784Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:21:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:14:26 GMT]]>@ricardoharvin @evacide It’s almost like they think market demand just magically appears. How many shitty trucks can you sell to a handful of billionaires?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116830979107122288https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116830979107122288Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:14:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:04:49 GMT]]>@brad That's a new one. I've heard Fix Or Repair Daily and Found On Road Dead
@evacide

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://functional.cafe/users/trebach/statuses/116830941309654321https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://functional.cafe/users/trebach/statuses/116830941309654321Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:04:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:47:45 GMT]]>@evacide Sadly this only works because cars have such strict quality/safety requirements (as a whole.) Most sectors don't. Still, I hope it sends a powerful enough message that others might take note.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116830874180825205https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116830874180825205Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:47:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:46:45 GMT]]>@Arapalla @brad @evacide My 2013 car has been going strong. I've really had virtually no troubles with it at all. Mind you, it was made before some of the most recent enshittification...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116830870265872447https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116830870265872447Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:46:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:42:25 GMT]]>@GhostOnTheHalfShell @kmck @evacide Oh, I’m certain that if I’m careless at work or just unlucky, there will be consequences.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116830853249689112https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116830853249689112Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:42:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:27:06 GMT]]>@evacide Bookmarking that as the latest exhibit

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/StephanieMoore/statuses/116830793013689452https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/StephanieMoore/statuses/116830793013689452Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:27:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:25:40 GMT]]>@evacide I hope those engineers held out for a 50% increase in compensation.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/alan/statuses/116830787389379346https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/alan/statuses/116830787389379346Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:25:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:24:12 GMT]]>@kmck @evacide maybe that’d happen in Japan, but not in the U.S.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/stevenray/statuses/116830781592230932https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/stevenray/statuses/116830781592230932Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:24:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:58:44 GMT]]>@evacide Worked about as well as tying a belt to the steering wheel, putting a brick on the gas pedal and going to sleep in the back seat.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://raphus.social/ap/users/116778872182498873/statuses/116830681441084119https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://raphus.social/ap/users/116778872182498873/statuses/116830681441084119Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:58:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:15:10 GMT]]>@evacide
I'm surprised they admitted they were wrong. Also a little impressed. That hasnt been in fashion among corporations for hmm some decades now?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/users/Katzedecimal/statuses/116830510147479780https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/users/Katzedecimal/statuses/116830510147479780Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:15:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 23:39:30 GMT]]>@ohmu What I'm talking about basically applies throughout all of history, in different ways, but especially in modern times with the rise of corporations.

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