I'm not the expert but Gemini doesn't say anything exists besides the Voltera V-One (which obviously doesn't work for complex PCBs). I am imagining something like a PCB microfactory the size of a container (or even smaller) that completely handles PCB etch and drill, solder paste application, PnP, baking, and testing.
PCBA lines are largely automated as of today, issues start when you do high-mix work. Most time ends up being spent switching between jobs and programming machines, meaning that tool usage time is low.
It depends what they mean by automating. But the classic argument goes:
* Each new generation of models has emergent capabilities we did not anticipate.
* We already have trouble monitoring and controlling the current generation (see HuggingFace incident).
* The more we let models shape their successors, the more out-of-distribution each generation's learning environment becomes.
* If not done carefully, we risk creating extraordinarily intelligent and powerful models with unintended behaviors, like deceptiveness or power-seeking.
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