Why would a veteran factory operator help you build the AI that might replace them?

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Just read the article about how veteran factory operators have knowledge that can't be captured in any dataset. they can hear a machine failing before any sensor picks it up, stuff like that. I work with manufacturers on AI implementation and honestly the article is spot on, but I think it's missing the harder part of the problem. Everyone in the comments is jumping to how do you capture that tacit knowledge with better instrumentation, labeling loops, operator-in-the-loop design, etc. All va...