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What is a robot? Should we tax dishwashers? How humanlike does a machine have to look to count as a robot?
by amadeuspagel 3y ago
What is a robot? Should we tax dishwashers? How humanlike does a machine have to look to count as a robot?
- eesmith 3y agoOr traffic lights? They replaced traffic officers, and while some are timed some take in different signals to make a decision about when to change the light. They are even called "robots" in South Africa. Or the automated telephone exchanges? They replaced human operators. Elevator operators were nearly all replaced by robots as well. Can one robot replace three robots? Would this encourage the building of multi-functional robots over single-task ones, because of lower taxes? Perhaps the paper describes these in more details, but "You do not currently have access to this article."
- nmstoker 3y agoPrecisely. And does a factory count as a robot? It can provide a degree of automation and can result in job losses (compared to artisanal production)