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The Ford Motor Company has been hiring humans again after finding that artificial intelligence (AI) could not match the expertise of experienced technicians.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Over the past three years, the second-largest U.S.-based automaker reportedly said it rehired more than 300 \u201cveteran\u201d quality inspectors, including former Ford employees and engineers from other automotive suppliers, after automated systems fell short. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOver prior years, we didn\u2019t pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers that have been with us through many product cycles,\u201d Ford Vice President of Vehicle Hardware Engineering Charles Poon said to reporters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ford\u2019s renewed emphasis on experienced engineers coincided with improved vehicle quality. It ranked first among mainstream brands in the 2026 JD Power U.S. Initial Quality Study after placing 15th in 2023, a turnaround Ford has attributed to its renewed focus on experienced engineers.<\/p>\n

The human employees were tasked with conducting mandatory weekly design reviews, identifying potential failure points in blueprints, and serving as internal auditors.<\/p>\n

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Ford had previously embraced AI across its operations. CEO Jim Farley predicted the technology would \u201cleave a lot of white collar people behind,\u201d while Chief Operating Officer Kumar Galhorta said AI would be used \u201cacross the entire industrial system.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ford\u2019s plans included installing 900 AI-powered cameras in manufacturing plants and expanding AI-assisted engineering tools meant to tackle \u201cquality issues\u201d in the production process. But Poon said those systems fell short.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMistakenly, we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that would produce a high-quality product,\u201d Poon said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Poon said AI remains \u201ca fantastic tool,\u201d but emphasized the technology is \u201conly as good as the information you use to train it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Ford Motor Company has been hiring humans again after finding that artificial intelligence (AI) could not match the expertise of experienced technicians.\u00a0\u00a0Over the past three years, the second-largest U.S.-based automaker reportedly said it rehired more than 300 \u201cveteran\u201d quality inspectors, including former Ford employees and engineers from other automotive suppliers, after automated systems fell short. \u201cOver prior years, we didn\u2019t pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers that have been with us through many product cycles,\u201d Ford Vice President of Vehicle Hardware Engineering Charles Poon said to reporters.Ford\u2019s renewed emphasis on experienced engineers coincided with improved vehicle quality. It ranked first among mainstream brands in the 2026 JD Power U.S. Initial Quality Study after placing 15th in 2023, a turnaround Ford has attributed to its renewed focus on experienced engineers.The human employees were tasked with conducting mandatory weekly design reviews, identifying potential failure points in blueprints, and serving as internal auditors.Ford had previously embraced AI across its operations. CEO Jim Farley predicted the technology would \u201cleave a lot of white collar people behind,\u201d while Chief Operating Officer Kumar Galhorta said AI would be used \u201cacross the entire industrial system.\u201dFord\u2019s plans included installing 900 AI-powered cameras in manufacturing plants and expanding AI-assisted engineering tools meant to tackle \u201cquality issues\u201d in the production process. But Poon said those systems fell short.\u00a0\u201cMistakenly, we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that would produce a high-quality product,\u201d Poon said.Poon said AI remains \u201ca fantastic tool,\u201d but emphasized the technology is \u201conly as good as the information you use to train it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nIconic American Company Re-Hires Humans After AI Wasn\u2019t Up To Their Jobs - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=800\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iconic American Company Re-Hires Humans After AI Wasn\u2019t Up To Their Jobs - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ford Motor Company has been hiring humans again after finding that artificial intelligence (AI) could not match the expertise of experienced technicians.\u00a0\u00a0Over the past three years, the second-largest U.S.-based automaker reportedly said it rehired more than 300 \u201cveteran\u201d quality inspectors, including former Ford employees and engineers from other automotive suppliers, after automated systems fell short. \u201cOver prior years, we didn\u2019t pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers that have been with us through many product cycles,\u201d Ford Vice President of Vehicle Hardware Engineering Charles Poon said to reporters.Ford\u2019s renewed emphasis on experienced engineers coincided with improved vehicle quality. 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