What AI means for American manufacturing
- Jan 17
- 1 min read
Indiana ranks at the top in manufacturing jobs and revenue per capita among the 50 states, and as governor, I spent my days pursuing investors who could help ensure that our high rankings continued. Their biggest concerns (and therefore mine) were Indiana’s supply of skilled workers and electrical power, in that order.
Now, he marriage of AI, robotics, and advanced human-machine interfaces constitutes a new industrial revolution. Far from threatening U.S. manufacturing, AI is our best hope of sustaining that sector’s emerging renaissance, which a recent study by Denoitte projects will create a net 3.8 million new jobs by 2033.
Though future factories will employ fewer workers than in the past, AI-based technologies will enable the creation of more, often highly-specialized, factories in the U.S. than we have seen in decades, producing a wider range of goods in safer conditions, with fewer pressures to move offshore in search of cheaper labor.
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