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The Problem
Artificial Intelligence and technology is a fast-growing industry that is rapidly evolving and growing. Artificial intelligence is a robot taking a human's job or purpose while doing it more significantly better and it will affect millions of people all over the world. This may not be a huge issue now, but it will soon be. I want to shed light on this issue and try to provide a solution. The problem I want to solve is trying to help those who will ultimately lose their job and try to provide them with a solution.
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The Research
Summary of the Research gone into this Project
General Overview: AI enables applications that span the automotive manufacturing floor. Automakers can use AI-driven systems to create schedules and manage workflows, enable robots to work safely alongside humans on factory floors and assembly lines, and identify defects in components going into cars and trucks. These capabilities can help manufacturers reduce costs and downtime in production lines while delivering better-finished products to consumers.
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More Information: The automotive industry has a long-running track record for harnessing the latest technologies to bring efficient, innovative, and safe vehicles to market while continually cutting manufacturing costs. Today, these technologies include artificial intelligence and high-performance computing — two keys to automotive success.
For many years, the industry has invested heavily in HPC systems to power modeling, design, and simulation applications; today, this focus is broadening to include substantial investments in AI to drive autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles. Automakers worldwide recognize that these smarter vehicles are the future, and they know they cannot get there without AI.
AI is also being used for a wide range of predictive capabilities that personalize the driving experience and enable proactive maintenance. This personalization is enabled by connected vehicles that send data from on-board sensors to manufacturers, advertisers, and insurance companies.
These advanced capabilities, coupled with rising consumer expectations, have pushed the automotive industry into a period of digital transformation. Today’s manufacturers know they need to harness new technologies — like AI, machine learning, and deep learning — to reduce costs and give drivers more of what they want.
In a sign of the growing importance of emerging technologies to the industry, the automotive AI market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 40 percent through 2025.1. This is on top of billions of dollars the U.S. government is spending each year to accelerate AI-driven autonomous vehicles' acceptance.
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The Engagment
The People I have contacted and talked too
Contacts in the Industry:
James Charles: Supervisor of a Ford Manufacturing Factory
Charles, who oversees all personal at the factory is a figure who is very well informed with these issues. His job is directly impacted by this issue and he sees first hand how people are losing their jobs. Charles and I exchanged emails and he told me about how COVID has impacted people's jobs and how the companies have reacted and adapted to these unusual times. Over the past ten years, more people have been laid off under his supervision due to the company wanting to cut costs and use AI instead of man labor.
Done Casey: CEO of Dentsply Sirona
Casey has more than 30 years of global health care experience and an outstanding track record in identifying and commercializing medical innovations. He oversees a dental company based out of Charlotte North Carolina. During an interview, he elaborated on how the surge of AI has dramatically cut the labor force in its factors. He even went on to say how one of his goals as CEO is to move toward expanding the use of AI in the company and its hundreds of factories around the world. Also, Densply Sirona has laid off over 10% of its labor force because of AI.