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I don't know, people are really really good at things like this (picking fruit), which robots are generally speaking very bad at, and migrant labor is cheap. Wh

I don't know, people are really really good at things like this (picking fruit), which robots are generally speaking very bad at, and migrant labor is cheap. Why is this a disruptor?

hugh4 11y ago
For starters, not every country is the US, we don't all have vast hordes of illegals willing to work for next to nothing. Secondly, and without wanting to start a political thread, the US might not either soon because President Trump. Overall there's a point at which this becomes economical (just as there was a point at which automated harvesting of every other crop became economical starting with the 19th century) and it depends on labour costs in each country. It won't be super-soon, but it will happen eventually.
- Jack000 11y ago
  Never thought I'd see someone endorse trump on hn. September never ends I suppose.