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by u678u 1950 days ago
For some reason this scares me at a core level more than anything else. Seems inevitable that Skynet will control the factory sooner or later.
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Yep, one of the example in the Wiki is robots building robots since 2001:

"FANUC, a Japanese robotics company, has been operating as a lights-out factory since 2001.[6] Robots are building other robots at a rate of about 50 per 24-hour shift and can run unsupervised for as long as 30 days at a time."

Imagine a paper clip factory, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_convergence#Paper...
With IIOT (industry internet of things) that definitely seems like a possible reality. However, as long as Skynet is controlled by ex-factory workers it will be a promotion for everyone.