I’m an engineer/plant manager in the manufacturing world (NJ) and I’m trying to navigate your two schools of thinking: 1) bringing back manufacturing jobs to the US - the industry I’m a part of has been struggling to fill roles for years since Covid; people simply don’t want to work these types of jobs (low wages, fixed schedules, etc). And 2) humanoid robots can fill this gap because their potential is seemingly limitless (given a long enough time horizon).
But what happens now? Today? Many tasks here in the plastics industry rely on very non-routine tasks with plenty of nuance and subjective variables that humanoids would not be able to perform for some time. How do we get Americans to work these jobs when the pay and benefits are not great and they simply don’t want to work in factory conditions? I see more headwinds than you tend to lead on. I’d like to understand your outlook in the short-to-medium term: how do we SUCCESSFULLY bring back and support existing manufacturing jobs TODAY?
Fascinating! I’m Harrison, an ex fine dining industry line cook. My stack "The Secret Ingredient" adapts hit restaurant recipes (mostly NYC and L.A.) for easy home cooking.
I’m an engineer/plant manager in the manufacturing world (NJ) and I’m trying to navigate your two schools of thinking: 1) bringing back manufacturing jobs to the US - the industry I’m a part of has been struggling to fill roles for years since Covid; people simply don’t want to work these types of jobs (low wages, fixed schedules, etc). And 2) humanoid robots can fill this gap because their potential is seemingly limitless (given a long enough time horizon).
But what happens now? Today? Many tasks here in the plastics industry rely on very non-routine tasks with plenty of nuance and subjective variables that humanoids would not be able to perform for some time. How do we get Americans to work these jobs when the pay and benefits are not great and they simply don’t want to work in factory conditions? I see more headwinds than you tend to lead on. I’d like to understand your outlook in the short-to-medium term: how do we SUCCESSFULLY bring back and support existing manufacturing jobs TODAY?
this is great matt.
Fascinating! I’m Harrison, an ex fine dining industry line cook. My stack "The Secret Ingredient" adapts hit restaurant recipes (mostly NYC and L.A.) for easy home cooking.
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