Re:The rise of the robot farmer
by ChuckMcM on Monday October 22, 2018 @01:57PM
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It is an interesting exercise to imagine a state sized "farm state". Essentially you'd have one city (the capital of the state) consisting of folks who administered the state, people who maintained farm equipment, farm operators, and a police force for patrolling the state to protect the farms from people who might trespass or try to steal crops. "Farmers" would likely be more like DevOps folks who would sit in an office with a few dozen screens showing the equipment status, perhaps views from the various pieces of equipment as it was driving around the various plots, maintenance status, etc.
Efficient, pleasant, and dystopian all that the same time.
Efficient, pleasant, and dystopian all that the same time.