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But these heavy losses threaten economies in states such as Vermont, New York, and New Hampshire that depend on winter recreation, Mankin said -- even machine-made snow has a temperature threshold many areas are fast approaching.

Traditionally, scholars have speculated that the arrival of machine-made blankets to the region in the early 19th century made woolly dogs expendable.

One big result is an online content crisis, an enormous and growing glut of unchecked, machine-made material riddled with potentially dangerous errors, misinformation and criminal scams.

Could we end up in a situation where human-created work is a premium product, the way buyers might be willing to pay more for hand-woven sweaters than for machine-made ones?

Webcams at Canaan Valley Resort in West Virginia and Liberty Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania confirm that snow lining the slopes is almost entirely machine-made, with barren conditions otherwise.