The rapid rise of artificial intelligence has many people across the globe worrying about whether they’ll lose their jobs. Leaders in the tech world have casually talked about doomsday scenarios involving a coming “job apocalypse” or a future in which no one will have a job. But, as history shows, just about every giant leap in technology has inspired nightmare scenarios that never came to fruition.

Those who fear the dark cloud of AI looming over their heads should take some solace in a quiet development at Ford Motor Company over the past three years. The company has slowly hired more than 350 veteran engineers, also known as “gray beards,” a mix of former employees and workers from suppliers, to address AI’s shortcomings.

AI can’t do much without ingesting human intelligence

“Artificial intelligence is a fantastic tool, but it’s only as good as the information you use to train it,” Charles Poon, vice president of vehicle hardware engineering at Ford, told The Guardian. “Over prior years, we didn’t pay as much attention as we should have to the........

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