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Physical labor can be replaced with robots. But intellectual and creative labour won't be for a long time - AI notwithstanding. Even the simplest tangible prod
by CyberFonic 10y ago
Physical labor can be replaced with robots. But intellectual and creative labour won't be for a long time - AI notwithstanding.
Even the simplest tangible product requires considerable manufacturing capacity and capital investment. That is why startups are more likely to focus on yet another app or website. So many KickStarter product projects fail to come to fruition. Even Nest, DropCam and Revolv are faltering - in spite of Google's technological and financial prowess.
- coroutines 10y agoI think part of this future robot company would be making robots that understand what they're being trained for. Like, you can make the robot mimic your movements of screwing on a lid to a jar on a production line - but you also need to make it understand that the lid needs to be reasonably tight on there. It can't just perform the motion of the task without knowing what the objective is. The company making the robots would become competitive by saying "look how easy it is to program our robots compared to x-competitor!" This is how I see a way to transition into that all-automated future.