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In response to "I don't know what this means. I don't believe there is automation so good it requires no human workers, at all, like at all. -- nm" by Qale

If you automate steel production, fine, you produce steel without human workers. But steel doesn't construct itself into

Posted by TWuG Nov 12 '21, 16:24

cars and ships and buildings.

If there is serious disruption in the ability to build cars, ships and buildings then demand falls off and why make new steel when you can't sell the steel you have on hand?

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as well as humans still have a way of goofing up systems. There's stories of companies doubling the quantity of chips they order -- (edited) - JD Nov 12, 16:29 1
- It's almost always easier to break something than it is to repair it after it breaks. - TWuG Nov 12, 16:33

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If you automate steel production, fine, you produce steel without human workers. But steel doesn't construct itself into

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