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A computer lies silent on the desk. Nothing is happening. Inside it are fans, a CPU, memory chips, a power supply, and gigabytes of software. At the flick of a switch, the power supply operates the fan and the boot sequence. Operating system processes begin and within a minute, multiple applications appear on the monitor, ready to respond to user input. Any applications scheduled for immediate startup are already operating at full capability. Expand this familiar experience to a factory assembly line with robotic machines powered down for the night. The morning crew arrives to punch in, flicks a switch to turn on the lights. After a few more switches, the entire factory floor is operational, ready for the crew to put in the day’s work. The machinery was all in place through the night. It just needed the signal to run.

You've likely heard this assumption: When AI-enabled and autonomous machines arrive on the farm, jobs will disappear. But researchers at the University of California, Davis, who studied 16 fruit tree operations in California and Washington for three years, found that automation still takes human knowledge. What changes is how the work gets done. The study, drawing on 165 in-depth interviews with workers and growers, was published in the journal New Technology, Work and Employment. The study examined what researchers call the "last mile" of agricultural automation: what happens after robotic and AI-enabled tools arrive on the farm and have to work in real conditions that can change by the hour.