At the end of a long career as a foundryman, my dad was a consultant who turned up to fix issues that had stumped the local engineers regarding pressure diecasting etc.
He tells the story of spending a day or two looking at the problem and then using a piece of chalk to draw an X where they needed to rework the cooling pipes in a specific mould.
After invoicing for the consultation, they asked for an itemised bill. Which he provided:
$1 - piece of chalk.
$5999 - knowing where to draw the cross.
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Today we are looking at people who have stolen every piece of text they could find and have built robots that can draw an X with a piece of chalk. You will also find many stories of "wow, it drew it in the right place - we can save ourselves a fortune" but not a lot of stories of all the times they draw the X in the wrong place and don't fix the problem.
Yes, you may save yourself $5999 and only pay slightly more than the $1 for the robot assisted chalk drawing. But you're killing the knowledge.
@shivoa I'm a gardener growing flowers. All the work tasks we do can be taught in 5 minutes.
Knowing what to do when is all we do in the three year apprenticeship and the one year master program.