State of the Industry: Artificial Intelligence Revolutionizes Manufacturing. The manufacturing sector is notoriously slow in adapting new technologies. However, with Artificial Intelligence, the opportunity overcomes skepticism. In fact, 76% — three out of four of more than 5,000 respondents — to Autodesk’s 2024 State of Design & Make survey stated they trust the use of AI in their industries.
We move past the buzz surrounding AI and highlight a few of its applications in metalworking and the promises it delivers today. AI is truly a tool, an assistant, to companies involved in metalworking. Not only do the outcomes save time and money but they free up a skilled individual who normally would be punching in numbers to create a stack of drawings, as an example, to foster creativity or innovation (very human traits), or to create additional projects or drawings.
AI-based innovations of the last few years are built on top of foundational automated algorithms that we’ve always had, noted Clinton Perry, senior product marketing manager for Autodesk Inc. “The net combination of those two is clearly driving productivity gains across the board.”
January 2025
