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The article highlights critical deployment barriers for AI in industrial settings, specifically the accuracy gap between frontier models and the near-perfect reliability required for mission-critical infrastructure. It further addresses economic constraints where running top-tier models becomes cost-prohibitive compared to human labor, necessitating a shift toward semi-autonomous systems with human oversight. These factors define the current realistic trajectory of AI adoption in physical environments rather than suggesting imminent full autonomy.
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