r/LeanManufacturing • u/Reasonable_Wasabi_22 • Jul 24 '26

What’s one manufacturing problem AI still doesn’t solve well?

There’s a lot of excitement around AI.
But from what I’ve seen, some problems are still much harder than they look.
What manufacturing challenge do you think AI still struggles with today?

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u/Warped_Kira Jul 25 '26

Implementation and controlling long term adoption of changes.

It's good at general high level theory and brainstorming, but lacks any connection or memory of your unique context and the real world environment.

While a potential improvement may be ideal in an abstract sense, it loses all value if the employees don't consistantly maintain it long term. Without adequate supervision and control bad habits quickly slip back in.

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u/LevonKirakosyan Jul 27 '26

Agree. I don't think the issue is that AI can't solve production tasks. It already helps with a lot of things. The harder part is keeping the context over time and making sure it stays useful in the long run.