China’s Dark Factories: So Automated, They Don't Need Lights | WSJ

i mean youre most likely not wrong (i dont have insider knowledge of those places), however your previous comment said "never want it to be dark" - when the reality is that its normal operation _is_ dark. only when the automated QA detects issues or theyre doing random inspections are the lights turned up/on this is an outdated video for waht was state of the art a few years ago ▶ this video again, i dont have insider knowledge so i cannot speak on whats SOTA in chinese automated factories beyond whats covered publicly

> Find me a “lights out” factory. They don’t exist. "Inside China's 'dark factories' where robots run the production lines" link "China’s Dark Factories: So Automated, They Don't Need Lights" ▶ this video

> the amount of light used when moving from last-gen 'heavy industry' to next-gen 'value add'/'light industry'/'design work'/whatever is going to be reduced Not to mention the automation of heavy industry leading to "dark factories": some Chinese factories are so completely automated now that they don't bother turning on the lights in large chunks of them. See ▶ this video