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Each robot should be paid at least minimum wage taxed at 100% minus wear and tear and that should be redistributed across unemployed.

• FredPret 5y ago
  Define "robot". If it's a clear one-to-one of a human job lost and a robot being slotted in, fine. But modern factories are full of processes being monitored and executed automatically. Is a conveyor belt a robot? What about a giant, complex machine that monitors itself to an extent and can execute a series of actions?
  • intricatedetail 5y ago
    The metric could be how many human beings a particular device can replace. If a conveyor belt could be replaced by 10 people working in shifts where at any given time 5 people work, then the machine should be paid 5x minimum wage.
    • FredPret 5y ago
      One skilled engineer and a few mechanics operating and maintaining a network of conveyors can move a boatload of stuff in a day. They use this tech as leverage. If they replace, say, five hundred people with carts, we can say that the conveyors replaced 495-ish people. But the carts replace probably another x people. And the gloves the workers wear. And their boots. The factory is probably climate controlled, which helps immensely. Simple clipboards with paper do so much to keep the wheels of industry turning. Even safety goggles contribute to productivity. Which of these technologies have to ge “paid”, and how much? This isn’t a simple approach at all, and very easy to game by production facilities.