A new US manufacturing boom may bring more AI than jobs – The United States is on the cusp of an automation boom in manufacturing.
https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2025/0328/tariffs-manufacturing-ai-jobs
A new US manufacturing boom may bring more AI than jobs – The United States is on the cusp of an automation boom in manufacturing.
https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2025/0328/tariffs-manufacturing-ai-jobs
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“The future of America is advanced manufacturing with AI at the center,” says Olaf Groth, a business and public policy professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and CEO of Cambrian Futures, an analysis and futurist firm for AI and emerging technology.
Um… I work in manufacturing and I can confirm this. We are trying to automate everything that is a standardized and simplified process. This is a double edged sword but it means humans don’t have to do much manual labor. It’s also means less jobs for humans which is hard to stomach.
If Trump really gave a shit about jobs or Americans. He’d reverse all the offshoring in tech.
Answer: Trump sees unemployment as winning, as doesn’t have to pay salaries and deal with unions.
Speaking as a software engineer, automation is one of our main jobs. My rule of thumb is that if something needs to be done in the same way more than twice, it should be automated. Everything has been getting more automated for years, accelerating the process of automating work is inevitable and frankly the US is behind lagging behind other countries that we are trying to compete with.
Automation in manufacturing could increase efficiency and output, but it may also require policies to address potential job displacement and workforce retraining.
If any of y’all think this is for our collective benefit and we’ll all be getting drunk and fat, sun tanning on white-sandy beaches, singing Kumbaya and we’ll never have to work and can just live for less than $0.00 on UBI, BOY do I have news for you!