In his article for Smart Factory Magazine, Óscar Méndez Soto, president of GenAiA, analyzes the challenge Europe faces in transforming artificial intelligence into genuine industrial capability. Méndez warns about the limitations of adoption based on pilot projects, argues that sovereignty over technological infrastructure is a critical factor for competitiveness, and examines the evolving role of humans in increasingly automated environments.
«"We run the risk of turning the European manufacturing fabric into the best-regulated industrial museum in the world: ethically impeccable, but economically irrelevant.".
A reflection on how Europe can balance regulation, technological autonomy and execution capacity to compete in the new Industry 5.0.
