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You're describing the future that doesn't yet exist, as though it already does. Tesla _tried_ to automate their manufacturing as much as it could and had to giv
by m0zg 5y ago
You're describing the future that doesn't yet exist, as though it already does. Tesla _tried_ to automate their manufacturing as much as it could and had to give it up. And it's run by some of the same folks who launch people into space and land the rockets afterwards - there was no shortage of technical capability, I'm sure.
Now, I'm not arguing that automation isn't the "future", it is pretty clear that it is, but that future is not here yet, and it won't be unless someone spends 20 years willing it into existence. At this point I'm not sure the US can even do it, and things are rapidly getting worse.
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- SyzygistSix 5y agoI think the issue with Tesla was the lack of time and capital to automate. Innovating that industry will take a lot of both. I doubt they have given up entirely, just paused because they had to be realistic with the production demands and available time in the timeframe in which they had to produce.
- m0zg 5y agoI think the issue with Tesla was the lack of technologies that would let it automate to the desired extent. They have plenty of money now, and they still employ tens of thousands of people. Tech simply doesn't exist yet to do what humans do even for car assembly, let alone anything more complicated or bespoke than that.