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They went to robots in China. One interesting thing to watch in the next few decades would be this - if more and more robots are going to be used, then countri
by vijayr 11y ago
They went to robots in China.
One interesting thing to watch in the next few decades would be this - if more and more robots are going to be used, then countries like China will no longer have the advantage of cheap labor. A robot in the US is more or less going to cost the same as a robot in China, so there are not many reasons to send jobs elsewhere.
- rinze 11y ago> A robot in the US is more or less going to cost the same as a robot in China I have no data to back this up, but my intuition tells me that a robot made in the US (with American workers) will still cost more to make than the same robot made in China. As I say, just a hunch (I don't know how much proportion of robotic work is involved in building a robot, though I imagine more and more every day), so let's wait and see.
- vijayr 11y agoIn that case, all the American companies have to do is make the robots in China but have the factories that use those robots in the U.S :p