Why copper and electricity prices say little about costs after AI-driven automation
r0ck3t23 · x · 2026-09-26
r0ck3t23 argues every price embeds human labor between raw material and finished product — exploration, mine planning, equipment, refining, transport, maintenance. AI improves machine design, machines expand mining/manufacturing/energy, feeding back more materials, power, compute and robots. Once machines build and maintain the machines producing these inputs, savings propagate upstream across the whole supply chain, making each generation cheaper to build. Today's copper or electricity prices tell you little about post-automation costs.
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