AI casually swept two Nobel Prizes this year – not bad for a bunch of zeros… and ones. But is it enough to make Time’s ‘Person of the Year’? Or will the on-the-ball Yuval Noah Harari intervene? Read all about it in this edition of ‘Manufacturing – The News.’

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While Yuval Noah Harari warns us that AI might be hacking the operating system of human civilization (while still recognising the potential), business leaders are finally sobering up from their two-year AI experimentation bender. The party is officially over: ROI is once again king.

Happily, AI continues to prove its worth, albeit for very specific use cases. CuspAI is creating materials-on-demand that can be deployed for cheap carbon capture. Every Cure is repurposing existing drugs to treat currently untreatable diseases. Formula 1 teams are shrinking car development cycles from five years to two. Honeywell’s CEO claims AI copilots can turn five-year rookies into fifteen-year veterans. Digital twins – a fancy way of saying “running simulations” – can extend the life of airplanes by 30% and spot problems before they become expensive disasters. Etcetera.

However, “accuracy and reliability remain significant issues” for many other use cases. Therefore, perhaps Time magazine should bypass AI as the obvious option for Person of the Year and instead recognize the early AI adopters. They’re still the ones doing the heavy lifting.

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Will AI become Time’s Person of the Year?’