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Manual manufacturing capacity maybe. The reason 'poorer' countries have a lot of manufacturing is directly related to human cost. 'Richer' countries produce tons of stuff. The production in the richer countries generates high technology products that are built with automated systems. This would lead to the production of the machines to be more reliable, have better materials and be more precise.

Having one person generate a better algorithm is an interesting. Having fewer, older, less reliable machines with a 90% "kill" rate go against higher end machines with a 60% "kill" rate. Who would 'win' in that one? I would have no idea.

What's stopping something like those warlords/cartels now from making drones to make sure everyone is obeying them? There are some of drones flying around, but they are nothing compared to what the United States throws over the middle east. We are already having machines fight wars for us. They are just remote controlled instead of being totally autonomous.