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Somehow, I can't imagine a bored and aimless population of billions building utopia. Bored people tend to be troublesome people, so if there isn't enough Farmvi
by SoftwareMaven 15y ago
Somehow, I can't imagine a bored and aimless population of billions building utopia. Bored people tend to be troublesome people, so if there isn't enough Farmville, we might be in trouble.
- walkon 15y agoI'm not sure how excited and fulfilled one can be by doing a simple and repetitive task several hundred times a day.
- amcintyre 15y agoI can't tell...are you talking about the jobs the robots will be doing, or playing Farmville?
- prodigal_erik 15y agoFarmville is a good example of the kind of drudgery which robots should relieve us from. I thought this was going to be a joke but, just like WoW and EVE mining, I see that it is actually happening: http://farmvillebot.net/ http://farmvillebot.net/ http://www.femfarmville.com/ http://www.femfarmville.com/
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- rkalla 15y agoGood point, I wonder if we will need to create virtual realities for ourselves just to stay "occupied" ... here is a meta though... what if that is what we live in NOW, hence all the talk about "is our reality a hologram?" recently. Inceptioned! :)
- notatoad 15y agofunny you mention farmville, as actually working on a farm is one thing that the robots have yet to master.
- tonyedgecombe 15y agoFarming has benefited massively from automation and will continue to do so: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/robo_picker http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/robo_p...