Say It Ain't So Ford!!!

[Alaska_Wolf]

So, its beginning to sound like all of Ford recent quality control issues may have been self-inflicted by managment. A friend in the UK sent me an article from the BBC that explains quite a bit apparently. According to the BBC, and Bloomberg, "Ford says it has hired back some human engineers after AI failed to match their skills and experience." Sounds like Ford tried to get a jump on the AI craze and save money by letting people go, I guess it didn't pay off so well with all the expensive recalls they've had the past few years. Interesting read, BBC; Bloomberg

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[alrashid2]

Love to see AI fail. AI should enhance people's ability to work and be productive, not replace people and jobs. Lesson learned!

 

[Bear376]

Old news. And Ford was not the only one, but they were one of the earliest to explore this. They started rehiring the engineers over a year ago and recently Ford won the top spots in new car initial quality. Eventually, they will find a balance that works and it will increase efficiency.

 

[CodyMac]

"AI won't replace humans in the workforce. However, humans who reject AI will be replaced by humans who embrace AI in the workforce." - a smart person on Twitter, one time

 

[Jason B]

Might be why we have several S/W recalls, due to AI 'vibe' coding.

 

[fordc51]

AI has its place. Dry frustrating ,any big business you call AI answers.. different application obviously. Anything to save a $, till you write a check for your new truck.

 

[stemplar]

As a proverbial gray-beard of IT, a few decades as a consultant and more as a director/vp of operations, this doesn't surprise me or even feel new. 25 years ago the rage was to outsource labor to overseas markets, especially in IT where folks would report to work and sit in a cubicle managing systems they never saw in a datacenter at another location. I have several stories of working for a long period of time to outsource a function, then when things didn't go as hoped (hoped by the executives writing the checks), we'd implement an "on-shore" team for escalations and "big thinking", and when that wasn't good enough, flush the off-shore model and re-hire folks on site. Jumping into the AI craze with both proverbial feet just feels like the same cycle with a different label.

And for what it's worth, I've yet to read anything that mentions Kumar Galhotra that leaves me with a good impression of him. He's not new so I must be missing something, but he just seems to be consistently failing to see the big picture while micro-managing metrics or regurgitating MBA words-of-the-day. I've seen too many men and women at the C-suite level whose only redeeming skill is managing upwards.

 

[fordc51]

Ive been retired for 14 yrs, but I was also a IT worker for 35 yrs, the last 25 Unix support/Sysadmin related work. Im very familiar with a lot of the the things you referenced. But AI was before my time. But this is getting away from Ford n AI issues.

 

[CodyMac]

As a proverbial gray-beard of IT, a few decades as a consultant and more as a director/vp of operations, this doesn't surprise me or even feel new. 25 years ago the rage was to outsource labor to overseas markets, especially in IT where folks would report to work and sit in a cubicle managing systems they never saw in a datacenter at another location. I have several stories of working for a long period of time to outsource a function, then when things didn't go as hoped (hoped by the executives writing the checks), we'd implement an "on-shore" team for escalations and "big thinking", and when that wasn't good enough, flush the off-shore model and re-hire folks on site. Jumping into the AI craze with both proverbial feet just feels like the same cycle with a different label.

And for what it's worth, I've yet to read anything that mentions Kumar Galhotra that leaves me with a good impression of him. He's not new so I must be missing something, but he just seems to be consistently failing to see the big picture while micro-managing metrics or regurgitating MBA words-of-the-day. I've seen too many men and women at the C-suite level whose only redeeming skill is managing upwards.

Off topic, but I've had it up to here with what I call the "nouning of verbs".

"Our 'spend' during Q1..."
"This has been 'actioned'."
"What is the relative 'lift' on this project?"

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