# “We’re Team Human” - Ford Hired Back 350 Engineers They Fired Due to AI Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/valuetainment-328960/we-re-team-human-ford-hired-back-350-engineers-they-fired-due-to-ai Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/valuetainment-328960/we-re-team-human-ford-hired-back-350-engineers-they-fired-due-to-ai.md Podcast: [Valuetainment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/valuetainment-328960) Published: 2026-07-07T02:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valuetainment/episodes/Were-Team-Human---Ford-Hired-Back-350-Engineers-They-Fired-Due-to-AI-e3lnju2 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8143538017.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/valuetainment-328960/episodes/we-re-team-human-ford-hired-back-350-engineers-they-fired-due-to-ai Duration seconds: 1408 ## Resource Ford has quietly rehired over 300 veteran engineers after its AI-driven quality checks failed to match the skill and experience of longtime human inspectors, proving that automation still has serious limits in the real world. Patrick Bet-David and the team break down why "Team Human" is making a comeback, what this means for the future of AI in the workplace, and why human connection, struggle, and purpose can't be replaced by technology. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/valuetainment-328960/episodes/we-re-team-human-ford-hired-back-350-engineers-they-fired-due-to-ai/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/valuetainment-328960/we-re-team-human-ford-hired-back-350-engineers-they-fired-due-to-ai.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.