Institutional AI adoption frameworks — analyst reports, executive summits, vendor whitepapers — are built for procurement decisions, not operational learning. What the YouTube cluster from April 16 reveals is a parallel channel where machine operators, line supervisors, and small-business owners are making their own assessments entirely outside that framework. The frontline leaders who drive manufacturing AI adoption are not waiting for organizational mandates — they are self-educating through the same informal video infrastructure they use for everything else. The enterprises that treat YouTube as a marketing channel and not a…