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Understanding What Is Automation In Today's World

What is automation? Does it mean killing the beauty of human nuances in a handicraft? Or does it mean changing the face of how we manufacture many things? What is automation, really? When you type the words, ' what is automation? ' and search online, the results include worlds apart meanings, such as - " the use or introduction of automatic equipment in a manufacturing or other process or facility"  and " unemployment due to the spread of automation. " An engineer might prefer the former answer, while a sculptor might favor  the latter! Let's ponder a bit... What is automation to an engineer could be completely different from, what is automation to a sculptor! Although the answers might turn out to be exact opposites, may be there is a need to refine our question from ' what is automation? ' to ' What is automation with respect to basic necessities of life? ' That brings us to the need of addressing  what is automation as per t