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Anyone who's ever worked retail on the fitting-room -> shelf/hanger treadmill is now thinking feverish thoughts... Edit: Oh. Swing and miss! Feverish was the w
by noonespecial 17y ago
Anyone who's ever worked retail on the fitting-room -> shelf/hanger treadmill is now thinking feverish thoughts...
Edit: Oh. Swing and miss! Feverish was the wrong word. I was not at all implying that this is a "teh robots took our yooobbss" scenario, rather, as someone who has folded and restocked many shirts, I'm excited about the prospect that this kind of drudgework could be spared us by robots.
Philosophically, I think this is a very good thing. Sure robots do more important things than fold shirts, but this kind of AI is an important baby step to a much better world for people.
- mahmud 17y agoReally? robots already "do" a whole lot more important things than folding clothes and they have "threatened" industries and work sectors far more significant than that. You must think the AIBO also threatens the ailing dog-pound, and animal shelter "industries" ..
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- cianestro 17y agoPeople have had to fold their own textiles for as long as they have had shame. The more abundant technology is, and indeed any resource, the more we can free up the greatest of all resources--the human mind. Great comments noonespecial. btw: "mahmud," the robot can do whatever it's programmed to do, not just fold clothing ;)
- mahmud 17y agoEvery afternoon, I 'waste' 15 minutes of company time, leaving my desk as a highly paid software developer to do the dishes in the sink. No one told me to do it, we have a cleaning crew that comes at night, but I do it because it frees my mind -- the greatest of all resources. Not all chores are "chores". Sometimes we just enjoy doing boring stuff.