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Why There Hasn't Been a ChatGPT Moment Yet in Manufacturing


Sree VijaykumarArtificial intelligence has transformed writing, art, and coding. Yet the same revolution has barely touched manufacturing.

In my previous essay, “We Are Building the Wrong Factories,” I pointed out that understanding manufacturing bottlenecks requires looking at the entire process, from initial design through production, and understanding what the biggest choke points are along the process. The factory floor is only part of the story. To understand why AI has failed to reshape manufacturing the way it reshaped knowledge work, we need to examine the software layer where physical products begin: the design tools themselves.



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