Palantir CTO Says AI Cuts Factory Planning to 1 Hour as U.S. Tries to Counter China
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 11
Palantir CTO Says AI Cuts Factory Planning to 1 Hour as U.S. Tries to Counter China
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 11
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Less than 1 hour — down from two weeks — is how long one small U.S. submarine-parts maker now needs for production planning with AI, Shyam Sankar said, calling it evidence AI is already boosting American workers.
That gain let the manufacturer restart output faster and add a third shift, which Sankar said shows AI can raise jobs and wages in a supply-constrained economy rather than simply replace labor.
Sankar argued the bigger U.S. risk is not China itself but domestic resistance to AI infrastructure, including data-center bans and fears that could choke off investment and productivity growth.
China’s manufacturing productivity grows 6% a year versus 0.4% in the U.S., Sankar said, framing AI and automation as essential for eroding Beijing’s industrial advantage across power, chips and minerals.