
During his keynote address at Computex in Taipei today, Foxconn chairman Young Liu warned that generative AI and robotics might soon make low-wage human labor unnecessary on the assembly line. This could have huge implications that go way beyond iPhone manufacturing.
A costly shift in the assembly line
As reported by The Register, Liu told the audience that after plugging AI tools into Foxconn’s workflows, software now performs roughly 80 percent of the work required to configure…