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Ford did: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2026/06/30/ford-hiring-350-engineers-after-ai-failed-shows-human-value-in-ai-era/ https://www.forbes.com/site

• rokob 1mo ago
  No they didn’t. Did you read either of the things you posted?
• anonym29 1mo ago
  Rehiring large numbers of people after AI-motivated layoffs is not the same as getting rid of LLM-generated code and going back to hand-written code as a whole.
• sajithdilshan 1mo ago
  The original question was about developers going back to manually coding without using AI. The link you posted is not about it. IBM replaced its Human Resources team with AI and hired them back. They didn’t remove AI usage in development and went back to manual coding. Please read your sources completely before posting them only reading the title
  • quaintdev 1mo ago
    I was surprised to see IBM on that list
    • sajithdilshan 1mo ago
      me too, till I read the article linked. As far as I know IBM actually encourages using AI, they have a really good youtube channel (ibmtechnology) that explains AI concepts and usages
  • pluc 1mo ago
    The question was whether some companies forego LLMs in favour of human authoring
    • boutell 1mo ago
      The original question was certainly specific to coding. It's right in the title.
      • pluc 1mo ago
        I think it's funny that in the same thread I'm being accused of not reading the headline and reading only the headline
• dirkc 1mo ago
  > circular economy I get what you mean, but in general circular economy means something different, positive in my opinion. Here is what wikipedia has to say: > a model of resource production and consumption that involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing, and recycling materials and products, to extend product life cycle for as long as possible In the EU it is a hot topic for a lot of non-profit and social innovation work
  • chuckadams 1mo ago
    I think the term GP was looking for was "circular financing", which has far fewer positive connotations.
    • didgetmaster 1mo ago
      Right. Almost every economy is circular in some fashion. Every producer is also a consumer. Sometimes the circle is quite big, but many of the dollars (or other currency) that you spend, come back to you in the money you earn.
• rpdillon 1mo ago
  Ford did not. They hired back veterans to better train the AI. > COO Kumar Galhotra said Ford had been over-relying on automated quality systems without getting results, per Bloomberg. The returning engineers rebuilt the data pipelines feeding Ford's AI training, mentored junior staff, and reprogrammed the automated systems they had originally been brought in to replace. Similarly with Commonwealth Bank and IBM, which are cited in your second link. None of these companies are saying they're not going to use AI and they're going to go back to manual labor. What they are saying is that they laid off workers prematurely. The big lesson is highlighted well by IBM's head of HR, which is you can use AI, but you have to continue to invest in humans: > “If we don’t continue to invest in entry-level hires, what happens in three-five years?,” IBM’s chief human resources officer, Nickle LaMoreaux, said at a Charter AI Summit in New York. “There’s no pipeline; the well simply dries up,” LaMoreaux added.