In absolute numbers maybe - in relative numbers we have improved immensely from all people spending most of their time gathering food to survive to a couple percent of the population herding machines that make food for the rest.
That doesn’t sound automated then, which was my point. I’m talking about bringing the cost of basic food items to near zero so people don’t have to exchange for it.
Wouldn’t that be a great “mission” for a large-scale NASA-like project?
