Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) is sweeping across industries, and while it is seen as a great threat to many white-collar jobs, the technology’s rapid advance in the manufacturing industry shows blue-collar workers are at risk of being replaced, too.
Ed Watal, the founder and principal of IT strategy firm Intellibus, says AI is rapidly accelerating the fourth industrial revolution, and manufacturing is already being transformed through automation, predictive maintenance and quality control that is changing operations.
Watal notes that over the past several years, smart transport robots (STRs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in warehouses and factories have already started eliminating tasks like operating forklifts, but the advent of Gen AI means technology can handle other, more complex operations that are currently handled by humans.
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Gen AI models can act as a “digital twin” for a production line or plant, he says, and can be…
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