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briandmyers  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Robots will be farming within 40 years

But you don't meet the people who produce your food now! (unless you buy from farmer's markets, and good on you if you do). Why would replacing that person-you-don't-know with a robot make you any more disconnected? I really don't have a problem with the use of robots on the farm; it's already a highly mechanised process for the big-money crops like wheat and corn. Smaller niche crops mayy not be profitable to use robots on for some time, though; and I expect there will always be jobs available for people who wish to work the soil. That occupation will be more gardener than farmer over time, I'd guess.

A bigger change will be the switch to robot drivers, which I expect will lead to cars as a service instead of as a commodity.