Manufacturing Worker's AI Skepticism Sparks 84-Comment Discussion on r/singularity

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A manufacturing sector worker's post 'As someone in manufacturing, here's what I don't understand' (134 upvotes, 84 comments) generated one of the day's highest comment-to-score ratios (0.63), indicating deep engagement. The thread surfaces a ground-level perspective on why AI automation hype doesn't match manufacturing reality — physical constraints, regulatory requirements, and process complexity that software-centric AI discussions overlook. The discussion provides a rare practitioner counter-narrative to technology optimism.