What 2+ Hours of Chinese Factory Footage Teaches About Humans in Automated Plants
HaozhiQ · x · 2026-10-19
A thread distilling a 2+ hour video tour of Chinese factories makes a key point: humans don't disappear from automated factories — they accumulate at the interfaces, the seams where machines can't yet cover exceptions, maintenance, and handoffs.
- Covers manufacturing and real-world robotics deployment practices
- Ties the observation to discussion of GPT-6 Astra and agentic/embodied AI
- Offers a counterintuitive on-the-ground perspective on the "automation replaces humans" narrative
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