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A comment on SemiAnalysis: America Is Missing the New Labor Economy – Robotics. Parent comment

Re:SemiAnalysis: America Is Missing the New Labor Economy – ... by paganel on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:29PM (#43338245)
> A factory of ten people and a few hundred robots is fine

Don't think that that is true when it comes to the steel industry when you include all the verticals, i.e. mineral extraction + transportation of said minerals + energy production + transportation of said energy. You need qualified people for that, lots of them. And I've yet to see the steel factory that can be run with only 10, 25 or even 100 people.

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Re:SemiAnalysis: America Is Missing the New Labor Economy – ... by megaman821 on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:42PM (#43338351)
Yes, 10 people is a gross exaggeration, but manufacturing output has remained the same while manufacturing employment has fallen over the last few decades. Advanced robotics will continue the trend even if policy pushes manufacturing output up. There is no realistic way to drastically increase manufacturing employment.
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