Manufacturing…disrupted!

Weapons of Mass Disruption

Automation in the manufacturing industry has been going on for years, beginning with the very first assembly line designed by Henry Ford. With wide adoption of robotics and the Internet of Things, the next big impact is coming from the implantation of AI and machine learning, which will interact with the existing automation technologies to enable things like computer vision and smart factories. Having no humans in the manufacturing line with machines that direct themselves is the stuff of science fiction. On this episode of WMD, I hand off the microphone to York College of Pennsylvania cybersecurity student Devon Tolbert, as he interviews his friends, Alex, Bradley, and Cullen, who attend other colleges who are studying engineering, computer science, and the trades within the manufacturing industry, as they discuss the effects of AI in manufacturing, and what this could mean for the future of humans in the workforce, asking the question: is the impending future of machine learning horrifying or overwhelmingly positive to society.