Raw LLM Responses

Fully automated factories do exist. Even back then. The last IBM PC's were made in one (PS/2) aeons ago. The question is whether they're financially feasible. Ask Apple why they don't have an iPhone robotic line. Etc etc. If the underlying processes are simple it's relatively easy to AI them. Simple of course is in the eye of the beholder. I recall one hilarious exercise in school where we had to compare the assembly process of the same part between a Volvo 940 and a Toyota Camry if i remember right. The trunk floor / spare tire cover. The Toyota part was a single piece of injection molding plus a flat carpet, requiring a couple of operations to assemble at very low cost and consistent quality. The Volvo part was the exact opposite. Multiple pieces of fine furniture grade plywood, cut the Amish way, joined with a crap load of screwed fasteners, and carpeted with several separate pieces of carpet. That part cost Volvo multiple times what it cost Toyota. Rinse and repeat. When American businesses get to that state we can start worrying about AI. Right now it's cheaper to offshore and pretend AI did it.