{"generator":"GNU social 2.0.2-dev","title":"Conversation","totalItems":1,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/drahardja","displayName":"Dave Rahardja value 71","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/101928-original-tmp20260508212854.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/101928-96-20260509193525.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/101928-48-20260509012332.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/101928-24-20260509193525.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"101928"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/101928-96-20260509193525.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"100% artisanal, human-made bytes.Anti-DEI is white supremacy. Black lives matter. LGBT+ rights are human rights. Healthcare, security, a decent income, and housing with dignity are human rights. Abortion is healthcare. Science is our best hope. Kindness and empathy are the noblest of human traits.No alt-text\/slop alt-text = no repost.He\/him.#npfppfp: A fluffy dog in a Panama hat (credit heyheymomo)banner: Gatsby the Pomeranian looking at a classic Porsche with his sticker on it.","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@drahardja","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"drahardja","displayName":"Dave Rahardja value 71","note":"100% artisanal, human-made bytes.Anti-DEI is white supremacy. Black lives matter. LGBT+ rights are human rights. Healthcare, security, a decent income, and housing with dignity are human rights. Abortion is healthcare. Science is our best hope. Kindness and empathy are the noblest of human traits.No alt-text\/slop alt-text = no repost.He\/him.#npfppfp: A fluffy dog in a Panama hat (credit heyheymomo)banner: Gatsby the Pomeranian looking at a classic Porsche with his sticker on it."}},"content":"<p>It begins\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cFord Motor Co. took an unusually human approach to fixing its stubborn quality problems: It brought back what it calls \u201cgray beard\u201d engineers to help train younger staff and to reprogram the artificial intelligence tools that weren\u2019t getting the job done.\u201d<\/p><p>\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cMistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that that would produce a high-quality product,\u201d Poon said. But \u201cwe recognized that for us to enhance some of our automation and machine learning and artificial intelligence tools we needed to ensure that they were trained by the most experienced individuals.\u201d<\/p><p>PS: I wouldn\u2019t make the connection between rehiring and Ford\u2019s quality improvement *quite yet*. One thing I can conclude from this article is at least Ford hardware engineering is having buyer\u2019s remorse over replacing people with AI.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sfba.social\/tags\/AI\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#AI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfba.social\/tags\/slop\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#slop<\/a><\/p><p>\u201cFord Has Been Rehiring Quality Inspectors After AI Fell Short\u201d<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-25\/ford-has-been-rehiring-quality-inspectors-after-ai-fell-short\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-25\/ford-has-been-rehiring-quality-inspectors-after-ai-fell-short<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/removepaywalls.com\/https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-25\/ford-has-been-rehiring-quality-inspectors-after-ai-fell-short\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/removepaywalls.com\/https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-25\/ford-has-been-rehiring-quality-inspectors-after-ai-fell-short<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-29:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/drahardja\/statuses\/116812503125920912","object":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/drahardja\/statuses\/116812503125920912","objectType":"note","content":"<p>It begins\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cFord Motor Co. took an unusually human approach to fixing its stubborn quality problems: It brought back what it calls \u201cgray beard\u201d engineers to help train younger staff and to reprogram the artificial intelligence tools that weren\u2019t getting the job done.\u201d<\/p><p>\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cMistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that that would produce a high-quality product,\u201d Poon said. But \u201cwe recognized that for us to enhance some of our automation and machine learning and artificial intelligence tools we needed to ensure that they were trained by the most experienced individuals.\u201d<\/p><p>PS: I wouldn\u2019t make the connection between rehiring and Ford\u2019s quality improvement *quite yet*. One thing I can conclude from this article is at least Ford hardware engineering is having buyer\u2019s remorse over replacing people with AI.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sfba.social\/tags\/AI\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#AI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfba.social\/tags\/slop\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#slop<\/a><\/p><p>\u201cFord Has Been Rehiring Quality Inspectors After AI Fell Short\u201d<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-25\/ford-has-been-rehiring-quality-inspectors-after-ai-fell-short\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-25\/ford-has-been-rehiring-quality-inspectors-after-ai-fell-short<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/removepaywalls.com\/https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-25\/ford-has-been-rehiring-quality-inspectors-after-ai-fell-short\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/removepaywalls.com\/https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-25\/ford-has-been-rehiring-quality-inspectors-after-ai-fell-short<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@drahardja\/116812503125920912","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"slop"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:objectType=thread:nonce=234c70cee13b9dad","notice_info":{"local_id":"12811255","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-06-28T09:41:05+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@drahardja\/116812503125920912"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6510182","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}