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> It's going to hurt when agriculture does not see the efficiency gains it has been receiving for the last century or so. Could go either way. Advanced robotic
by ethbr1 2mo ago
> It's going to hurt when agriculture does not see the efficiency gains it has been receiving for the last century or so.
Could go either way. Advanced robotics + AI could finally break more agriculture free from the "tied to people's time" limitation. Or all the growable land could be in use, so that simply decreases prices a bit.
Expect world population leveling off will be the biggest determinant.
- inigyou 2mo agoPeople's time isn't a significant restriction on agriculture. It used to be, but now it's all giant corporate robotic industrial processes and the bottleneck is on land.
- ethbr1 2mo agoNot in the sense that there aren't enough people to work, because there are, but because there isn't enough human labor willing to work at economically sustainable prices. There are categories of foods (e.g. many vegetables) that aren't economical to grow because they (1) require manual labor and (2) the price of that manual labor must compete against alternatives (soybeans) that require less. If robotics + AI provides working people-less solutions, then suddenly those crops become economically viable to grow again, which also opens up the land that might be unsuited for heavy-mechanized farming (flat, rectangular).