#Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 is the latest magical incantation that forcefully crams sensors, IoT, and AI into factories, luring human labor into a labyrinth called the future. Proclaiming to “connect everything,” it reigns as a buzzword that actually spawns connection failures and runaway costs. Under the banner of boosting productivity, workers find themselves drafted into a new arena of surveillance. The more the ideal is touted, the more the shop floor is left in the smoke, and reality drowns in a sea of data.