In reference to Andrew Porter, another reason UK car manufacture failed was the wayward and unco-operative trade unions, combined with government interference, (remember the queues of new Hillman Imps with failed clutches?).
The Japanese introduced a measure of discipline in manufacturing; supervisors and such wore overalls and, I understand, ate in the same canteen as the rest.
J Gray, Warwickshire
Measure of discipline
Comment: Engineers must adapt to AI or fall behind
A fascinating piece and nice to see a broad discussion beyond GenAI and the hype bandwagon. AI (all flavours) like many things invented or used by...