AI vs. Sewing Machines

Socio-Economic Impact Analysis

Content

• Labor and Production
• Cost and Investment
• Impact and Potential

Section 1 - Labor and Production

Developer Productivity

• Hand Stitching: 1-2 garments per day per tailor
• Post-Sewing Machine: 20-50 garments per day per tailor
• Pre AI Era: 100 lines of code per developer per day
• Post-AI Adoption: 500-1000 lines of code per developer per day

Production Speed

• Hand Stitching: ~10 stitches per minute
• Post-Sewing Machine: 300-500 stitches per minute
• Pre AI Era: 50 hours per story point
• Post-AI Adoption: 0.5 hours per story point

Skill Level and Training Period

• Hand Stitching: 50-120 months
• Post-Sewing Machine: 1-6 months
• Pre AI Era: 24-60 months
• Post-AI Adoption: 6-12 months

Section 2 - Cost and Investment

Labor Costs

• Hand Stitching: $15-25 per garment
• Post-Sewing Machine: $0.50-2 per garment
• Pre AI Era: $20-30 per hour
• Post-AI Adoption: $5-10 per hour

Initial Investment

• Hand Stitching: $50-200
• Post-Sewing Machine: $5,000-50,000+
• Pre AI Era: $10,000-100,000
• Post-AI Adoption: $100,000-1,000,000+

Scalability and Job Creation

• Hand Stitching: 10-100 units/month, 100 jobs per 1,000 garments
• Post-Sewing Machine: 10,000-100,000+ units/month, 10-20 jobs per 1,000 garments
• Pre AI Era: 1,000-10,000 operations/day
• Post-AI Adoption: 100,000-1,000,000+ operations/day

Section 3 - Impact and Potential

Product Consistency and Customization

• Hand Stitching: 70-80% consistency, 100% customizable
• Post-Sewing Machine: 95-99% consistency, 20-30% customizable
• Pre AI Era: 90-95% consistency, 30-50% customizable
• Post-AI Adoption: 99% consistency, 70-90% customizable

Economic Accessibility and Urbanization

• Hand Stitching: 2-3 outfits per person per year, <20% contribution to urban population migration
• Post-Sewing Machine: 20-30 outfits per person per year, >50% contribution to urban population migration
• Pre AI Era: 1-2 major innovations per year, Moderate impact on global competitiveness
• Post-AI Adoption: 5-10 major innovations per year, High impact on global competitiveness

International Trade and Data Processing

• Hand Stitching: <$1 billion annually
• Post-Sewing Machine: >$400 billion annually
• Pre AI Era: Gigabytes data processing capability per day, 70-80% uptime, 1-5% error rate, Weeks to months adaptability to new tasks
• Post-AI Adoption: Petabytes data processing capability per day, 99% uptime, 0.1-0.5% error rate, Hours to days adaptability to new tasks