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6% industrial automation hasn't been resulting in 6% productivity gains because most work is not industrial.
by YokoZar 12y ago
6% industrial automation hasn't been resulting in 6% productivity gains because most work is not industrial.
- gwern 12y agoIndeed. And so it is a little disingenuous to point to narrow gains in one area in a discussion of broad gains, is it not?
- joe_the_user 12y agoA 6% growth in the industrial automation market does not, by itself guarantee any set increase in productivity. All it guarantees is that companies are buying more robots.