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...How lame would it have been if Henry Ford tried to make a vehicle with legs that could run as fast as humans?...
...“They don’t know which plants to keep shipping parts to, and which plants to stop shipping parts to,” said Erik Gordon, a professor at the University of Michigan business school....
...That was more than the next four most valuable carmakers (Toyota, Volkswagen, Mercedes and Ford) put together. That’s bonkers....
...Erik Laurent, general manager of the plant, described it as refining the equivalent of “a teaspoon of water from a backyard swimming pool”....
...(FT) Calling all conservatives 22-year-old Bitcoin millionaire Erik Finman wants his Freedom Phone to be the go-to handset for Republicans looking to disavow Big Tech....
...The worldwide shortage of semiconductors is forcing Ford to cut production next week at two plants making its bestselling F-150 pick-up truck....
...“All manufacturers have embraced a global supply chain model,” said the association’s secretary-general Erik Jonnaert in an interview....
...Erik Gordon, professor at the university of Michigan, describes the dilemma: “The overlap creates regulatory capture danger but excluding people from the Big Four would deprive regulatory bodies of many...
...Architects of Intelligence: The Truth about AI from the People Building It, by Martin Ford Ford’s The Rise of the Robots was FT Business Book of the Year in 2015 and painted a dystopian picture of the consequences...
...“They have been able to do better with low quality than with high quality work,” says Erik Gordon, a professor at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business....
...Walmart, Target and Ford rank among the companies that have talked of customers feeling the effects....
...“There is lots of nervousness in the industry,” says Erik Jonnaert, secretary-general of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association....
...Brian Merchant’s The One Device dives deep into the making of Apple’s iPhone, on its 10th anniversary, aiming to replicate the success of previous winners, such as Martin Ford’s The Rise of the Robots (...
...Britain currently makes 2.5m petrol or diesel car engines each year, by companies including BMW, Ford, JLR, Nissan and Toyota....
...“I think they can do it, but it’s going to be very difficult,” says Erik Gordon, clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. “It’s very high-risk . . ....
...Bryce Hoffman saw plenty of both as he researched American Icon, his 2012 book about Alan Mulally’s fight to save Ford....
...Books published on the theme in recent years include the Rise of the Robots by Martin Ford, The Second Machine Age (Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson), Machines of Loving Grace (John Markoff) and The Future...
...“The number of cable networks will shrink dramatically,” Erik Brannon, an analyst at IHS Technology, told me....
...Last year’s finalist The Second Machine Age , by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, is notably more optimistic about the jobs that will be created as a result of the technology revolution....
...Erik Peterson • Les Baux-de-Provence, Switzerland How are you spending the summer? Recharging for a month in the Alpilles of Provence....
...Erik Jonnaert, secretary-general of Acea, said: “The trend is positive but the market remains at a low ebb.”...
...So far, there is not enough evidence to know whether Mr Nangle or Mr Ford will be proved right....
...Ford is also running a separate project to build a Google-style, fully driverless car....
...The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future, by Martin Ford, Basic Books, RRP$28.99 If The Second Machine Age (by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee) was last year’s tech-economy...
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