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Heavy Machine Operators are probably good for 5 or 10 years longer than the rest... tops. Isn't Rio Tinto already using AI to operate its haulers? Even in nic
by simplemath 11y ago
Heavy Machine Operators are probably good for 5 or 10 years longer than the rest... tops.
Isn't Rio Tinto already using AI to operate its haulers?
Even in niche specialized corners, the value prop of self operating machines is going to become increasingly overwhelming.
- throwaway2048 11y agoif replacing a machine costs $5 million, and the automatic model $1 million ontop of that, and you pay an operator $60k a year, the value proposition isn't very clear.
- simplemath 11y agoWhat if the automatic model was only 200k more? 20k? It's all coming.
- throwaway2048 11y agoFor classes of machines where only a few thousand, or even a few tens/hundreds of thousands of units exist total, the costs of developing the sophisticated AI that requires are not going to be that low for a lot longer than 5-10 years from now. Especially considering the market is split between many player and none are going to share their secret sauce AI.