Who should mine the Asteroids? Humans or Robots?

Discounting the actually quite good idea of having the asteroids be the site of colonization would it be better to use human miners or automated ones?

Both would probably deliver the goods by unmanned rockets. Phosphate to the farms on Venus and Mars. Transition metals to everyone. I think simple assaying, mining, and refining A.I. are completely feasible. As are packaging and shipping.

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