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The Apple factory: What perfect coordination feels like
- hasperdi 11mo agoReading the article, I get the feeling that the author is not in the manufacturing (automation) business. Just fantasizing.
- hashtag-til 11mo agoSeems AI re-written or reviewed at least.
- dmbche 11mo agoWhat is this? An ad for the apple ecosystem?
- stronglikedan 11mo agoAn AI generated article that is just about to be flagged into oblivion.
- constantcrying 11mo agoThis is just what "Industry 4.0" wants to be. This concept of manufacturing is over a decade old. The problem is that this is relatively easy if you have 5 devices, but extremely hard if you have 10.000 devices and as many humans in the mix.
- MisterTea 11mo agoAnd unfortunately most of those humans barley understand what they are touching.
- MisterTea 11mo agoThis person clearly does not work with industrial automation. This is just a fantasy post with no grounding in reality.
- hyperhello 11mo agoIt’s AI which is another way of saying what you just did.
- everlier 11mo agoOpus 4.1 is not great at writing articles and LLMs are terrible at generating new ideas.
- Luc 11mo agoThis would actually be more readable if they'd put the em dashes back in.
- wizardforhire 11mo agoAi written article is obviously written by ai… news at 11
- boulevard 11mo agoThe feedback is loud and clear and honestly it's fair, though I feel sad. My intent was to use Apple as a metaphor for interoperability, but it came across as a fantasy post totally disconnected from the real world hell of industrial automation. I skipped the why (legacy hardware, safety, vendor lock-in) and it made the whole post feel naive. That's on me. As for the AI feel everyone picked up on, You're not wrong. I wrote the original draft and all the core ideas, but I did use an LLM to help review and polish the language. I see now that was a huge mistake. It polished away all the personal voice and in the trenches, grit that made my previous posts work. It turned a real idea into that slick, empty keynote feel you all hated. It's a painful but really valuable lesson in authenticity. Thanks for keeping me honest. I'll stick to the gritty, unpolished engineering problems from now on.