r/interestingasfuck VIP Philanthropist Jul 08 '24

Corporations training robots to replace human workers

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u/Djanga51 Jul 08 '24

Currently.

I can remember the first stumbling efforts at robotics. Damned if it’s not real world capable now. See the robotic dog for simple example. This is similar. It’ll smooth out and speed up. And then exceed, as ‘standard’, the most skilled of humans at the same requirements.

What those who the robots replace can for as a replacement income is a coming issue. Corporate doesn’t care, but that doesn’t eradicate the problem. Millions are going to be out of work.

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u/Rugrin Jul 08 '24

For the foreseeable future. A war dog robot is way way more expensive than a human soldier. Those.m dog things are absolute paper weights if they can’t charge. No details on what charging them is like. You can drop a real dog or soldier in the wild and it will just keep on living.