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Increased Automation in Apple Supply
The news shows Apple investing in worker education/training centers (Vietnam, Manufacturing Academy) rather than explicit automation investment or labor headcount reduction tied to automation, which is somewhat orthogonal to the prediction's automation thesis. There is no direct evidence of increased automation investment nor of headcount rising without automation gains, so the falsification criteria are not clearly triggered either way.
What would prove this wrong
Apple's supply chain shows no increase in automation investment or if manufacturing labor headcount at key suppliers stays flat or rises without automation gains.