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Somebody is going to have to design, manufacture, and maintain the robots. Consumer goods will be cheaper. Robotic technology will make progress. A lot of peopl
by huherto 15y ago
Somebody is going to have to design, manufacture, and maintain the robots. Consumer goods will be cheaper. Robotic technology will make progress. A lot of people will benefit but we must also think about the people who will loose their jobs. I don`t have an answer but I hope there is a plan for them.
- orijing 15y ago> Somebody is going to have to design, manufacture, and maintain the robots. Eventually that will be the robots: Designing, manufacturing and maintaining themselves.
- rkalla 15y agoExactly right. It just depends on where you stop in the hypothetical timeline of thought. If you stop in 2020, then yes, we have a ton of human engineers working on this problem. If you think out 2030, now more of it is handled by machines and testing routines/simple AIs. You think out to 2040 and now a good majority of it is automated. You think out to 2060 and you are begging for your life at the feet of a red-eyed monster or some variation of that future :)