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• latchkey 8y ago
  Didn't Tesla over automate things? I think any downtime for that machine is going to be really expensive. The more those machines do, the more they cost when they aren't doing what they need to do. Human labor, is plentiful and cheap. A worker who is out sick can be immediately replaced by 100 others waiting in the wings.
  • nopinsight 8y ago
    Factories can support redundancy too, can’t they? It means higher cost. But technology costs go down over time while labor costs typically go up in a given country. Tesla tried to automate too much too soon but it appears Sewbots are quite ready to be deployed and their capabilities and reliability will likely improve in the future.
  • lotsofpulp 8y ago
    A worker needs to be trained, and willing to work. And has huge medical liabilities, along with tons of other clerical duties. With machines you don’t need to worry about them getting to work, sexual harassment, unemployment insurance, etc. Of course there is a point where humans make more sense than machines, but the formers cost keeps rising while the latter’s cost keeps dropping, so the trend is clear unless that dynamic changes.
    • jgalt212 8y ago
      or kubernetes for sewbots