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Automation is “the use of largely automatic equipment in a system of manufacturing or other production process”. [1] This includes, but is not limited to, most of the processes involved in car manufacturing, and many ways that computer programs are applied.

[1]: New Oxford American Dictionary

Some­thing Un­fath­omable: Unal­igned Hu­man­ity and how we’re rac­ing against death with death

Yuli_Ban27 Feb 2023 11:37 UTC
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In­ter­mit­tent Distil­la­tions #4: Semi­con­duc­tors, Eco­nomics, In­tel­li­gence, and Tech­nolog­i­cal Progress.

Mark Xu8 Jul 2021 22:14 UTC
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The Limits of Automation

milkandcigarettes23 Jun 2022 18:03 UTC
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[Question] How can labour pro­duc­tivity growth be an in­di­ca­tor of au­toma­tion?

Polytopos16 Nov 2020 21:16 UTC
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