Ford's 3-year assembly line rollout suggests AI productivity may come faster than electricity
emollick · x · 2026-08-27
The author challenges the common analogy that AI will take 30 years to boost productivity, similar to electricity. Ford went from inventing the assembly line to full deployment in just 3 years, cutting car production time by 88%, suggesting AI's impact might arrive much sooner than historical precedents imply.
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