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Laptops and smart phones are everywhere these days, regardless of income level, so accessing remote work is not a problem. I think the only reason remote work
by yters 6y ago
Laptops and smart phones are everywhere these days, regardless of income level, so accessing remote work is not a problem. I think the only reason remote work might hurt low income people is due to lack of business owners taking advantage of available remote workers.
- war1025 6y agoI know that I want remote workers stocking my shelves, driving my buses, and building things in my factories... Access to technology is not the issue. Low income jobs are as a general rule more physical than higher paying jobs. You can't remotely do physical labor.
- yters 6y agorobots with humans in the loop! most robots are quite capable, but the AI isn't there
- commandlinefan 6y agoYou're being sarcastic, but humans controlling robots from a distance has actually been tried before, and was promisingly successful: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/national/cafe-opens-robot-waiters-remotely-controlled-people-disabilities/#.XrsaixNKg00 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/national/cafe-o....
- cameronbrown 6y agoTry deploying this at scale in a supermarket or warehouse...
- yters 6y agoI am not being sarcastic! The threshold for human controlled robots is much lower than fully autonomous robots.
- dr-detroit 6y agomost poor people have apple products yes but their data plan is shut off
- jabroni_salad 6y agohttps://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/employment-by-major-industry-sector.htm https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/employment-by-major-industry-... I think less can be done remotely than you think. HN can be a bit of a bubble, it's important to remember that our sector is relatively small in terms of headcount.