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It really depends on who owns the robots. As it is now, the richer you are the more robots you'll be able to afford and the less labor you'll need. When labor i
by guerrilla 5y ago
It really depends on who owns the robots. As it is now, the richer you are the more robots you'll be able to afford and the less labor you'll need. When labor isn't in demand anymore and most people don't have robots, then most people won't have income anymore, forcing them into poverty and revolution. Robot police and military could make successful revolution impossible.
- Gys 5y agoI think robots will follow a pattern similar to cars, tv's, kitchen machines, computers and such. First only a few can afford them, but in time prices come down and functionality goes up.
- jjkaczor 5y agoCapture them, hack them and re-program them...
- foogazi 5y agoDid that happen when washing machines became available? Everyone owns washing machines now - people just move on to do other things
- guerrilla 5y agoWashing machines didn't eliminate all demand for labor. It was pretty niche like most applications so far. And yeah, most of the world still doesn't have them, so those positive feedback loops have been there the whole time.
- redisman 5y agoAnd if your town doesn’t have washing machines, they sure as heck aren’t going to have 100x more expensive robots
- true_religion 5y agoRobots are just portable computers with hands. They will not eliminate all demand for labor anytime soon.
- jareklupinski 5y agowhile living in a small apartment long ago, I had to give my weekly laundry to someone in the neighborhood who owned many many laundry robots to their credit, they charged an incredibly fair price, and even folded