[ExI] Autonomous mining

[Ben Zaiboc]

China is developing autonomous mining systems.

I haven't noticed anything about this in any mainstream news, but it's another sign of the acceleration of autonomous systems being deployed in the real world.

https://highways.today/2025/12/12/china-autonomous-mining/

I wouldn't be surprised if someone, somewhere, has an auto-factory either in operation or in development (as in, a factory that only needs instructions and raw materials, with no humans involved, rather than a car factory (of course, it could be an auto-car-factory (as in an autonomous factory making cars, rather than a non-autonomous factory making autonomous cars (what do you call those in the US, 'Auto-Autos'?)))).

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Ben