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The human-like robot dream is a complete non starter for me, total science fiction. Unless economic reality changes radically it will always be cheaper to simpl
by solumunus 3y ago
The human-like robot dream is a complete non starter for me, total science fiction. Unless economic reality changes radically it will always be cheaper to simply pay a human to do these jobs. There are already many jobs that could be replaced by robots but by and large they haven’t been because buying, maintaining and powering robots costs more than paying humans minimum wage, and this fact isn’t changing any time soon. The type of robots you’re envisioning are even more complex and expensive… Do you really think a human-like robot with some level of useful general AI is going to be cheaper to build, maintain and run then low skilled workers?
- borissk 3y agoIf not anything else there's a shortage of human workers. Yes, it will be easier to manufacture and power robots, than to increase the number of human workers.
- josh-sematic 3y agoThe form factor may not be humanoid, but if we can crack a general-purpose home robot, it would start out as a novelty plaything for the ultra rich, but at that point it would be only a matter of time before it started falling down the cost curve as we got more and more efficient & optimized with the manufacturing and the software. So yes, it almost certainly would eventually get cheaper than human labor. How long until that happens? No idea!