GM vs Toyota automation case study from @maxxrosenblum
The creator analyzes General Motors' failed 1980s automation strategy to explain why modern AI implementations are failing. He contrasts GM's 'automate chaos' approach with Toyota's 'Jidoka' (human mastery first) methodology, using charts and historical diagrams to argue that companies must fix workflows before applying AI.
Creator: @maxxrosenblum on Instagram
Transcript
This is a lesson from GM's billion dollar automation failure. America seemingly reenacting a $45,000,000,000 mistake from the nineteen eighties. GM thought robots would rescue it from Japanese competition. AI is playing the same role today. Roger Smith automated entire factories before he understood how they worked. The robots welded doors shut, painted each other, and created more indirect labor than they eliminated. And MIT now reports that 95% of enterprise AI pilots produce zero Jidoka or au
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