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The rise of robots in the US will, sincerely and with no irony: - Allow politicians to continue to limit legal immigration to pander to parties who think this

The rise of robots in the US will, sincerely and with no irony: - Allow politicians to continue to limit legal immigration to pander to parties who think this is good policy. - Help businesses remain productive despite the ravages of opioids & meth in many regions of the country, that is starving employers of reliable low and moderately skilled labor. - Offset declining US birth rates and increasing mortality rates. - Makeup for shortfalls in "tooth to tail" and infantry shortfalls experienced by the US military, but likely at greatly increased expense due to unique defense spending economics. - Revolutionize health and elder care in ways good and bad, but nonetheless necessary, providing great savings to providers - but probably no savings to consumers. - Seriously reduce workplace injuries in some of the most dangerous jobs (eg. recycling), but wipe out smaller businesses who can't afford the CAPEX.

9wzYQbTYsAIc 4y ago
Have some links to peer-reviewed research to back up those claims? > providing great savings to providers - but probably no savings to consumers For example, I’ve not studied much economics, but my undestanding is that the savings might come about through a reduction in inflation of prices.
- krageon 4y ago
  Think about how often prices are raised "due to increasing costs" and how often they are lowered for any reason. One is systemic, the other would probably be minor news.
  - 9wzYQbTYsAIc 4y ago
    Makes sense, definitely. I’m just suggesting that robotics could reduce the frequency of increasing costs being used to raise prices. Aggregation of marginal savings, etc.
    - krageon 4y ago
      I don't see how it makes sense to think this in a world where we have plenty of examples of robotic labour (stuff like factory produced cookies or cars). The increased use of robots has not assisted in making prices increase less at all. Such places are managed by modern business people, who are always looking for more money and absolutely never think of ethics or what makes sense. Within the context of "whatever I can get away with", you would not raise prices less. You'd raise them exactly as much as before and just extract more profit.
DangitBobby 4y ago
> Help businesses remain productive despite the ravages of opioids & meth in many regions of the country, that is starving employers of reliable low and moderately skilled labor. Or are people turning to opioids and meth in the absence of good job prospects? Do people who like their lives often let drugs destroy them?
moxieta 4y ago
"Allow politicians to continue to limit legal immigration to pander to parties who think this is good policy." Funnily enough, you've almost described the plot of the movie Sleep Dealer. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Dealer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Dealer

9wzYQbTYsAIc 4y ago

Have some links to peer-reviewed research to back up those claims? > providing great savings to providers - but probably no savings to consumers For example, I’ve not studied much economics, but my undestanding is that the savings might come about through a reduction in inflation of prices.

krageon 4y ago
Think about how often prices are raised "due to increasing costs" and how often they are lowered for any reason. One is systemic, the other would probably be minor news.
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 4y ago
  Makes sense, definitely. I’m just suggesting that robotics could reduce the frequency of increasing costs being used to raise prices. Aggregation of marginal savings, etc.
  - krageon 4y ago
    I don't see how it makes sense to think this in a world where we have plenty of examples of robotic labour (stuff like factory produced cookies or cars). The increased use of robots has not assisted in making prices increase less at all. Such places are managed by modern business people, who are always looking for more money and absolutely never think of ethics or what makes sense. Within the context of "whatever I can get away with", you would not raise prices less. You'd raise them exactly as much as before and just extract more profit.

DangitBobby 4y ago

> Help businesses remain productive despite the ravages of opioids & meth in many regions of the country, that is starving employers of reliable low and moderately skilled labor. Or are people turning to opioids and meth in the absence of good job prospects? Do people who like their lives often let drugs destroy them?

moxieta 4y ago

"Allow politicians to continue to limit legal immigration to pander to parties who think this is good policy." Funnily enough, you've almost described the plot of the movie Sleep Dealer. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Dealer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Dealer