[ExI] Autonomous mining

[Adrian Tymes]

They're not the only ones.  See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_mining .

On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 4:47 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
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> China is developing autonomous mining systems.
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> 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.
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> https://highways.today/2025/12/12/china-autonomous-mining/
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> 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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