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Surur t1_j1pwk4n wrote

Reply to comment by Tupcek in Is there any real upper limit of technology? by basafish

As civilization grows richer, the amount of billions available to us also increases.

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Tupcek t1_j1pwtj3 wrote

that’s true, but we already see rapidly increasing manpower and time requirements as well. It’s a question of economy how long can we keep up with ever increasing requirements, as there is not unlimited number of people on earth

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Surur t1_j1pxg3v wrote

> as there is not unlimited number of people on earth

Which is where automation comes in.

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Tupcek t1_j1pxjpg wrote

automation is here for decades and helping manufacturing tremendously, but so far research is taking more manpower to achieve breakthroughs even despite the automation

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Surur t1_j1py2tx wrote

Automation in research is just getting started. Look at what Alphafold did with only a small staff.

I don't think it will be many years before the co-authors of many papers are AIs.

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