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A woman from 1825 would probably happily accept that description though (notwithstanding that the word “robot” wasn’t invented yet). A machine that magically r
by pavlov 10mo ago
A woman from 1825 would probably happily accept that description though (notwithstanding that the word “robot” wasn’t invented yet).
A machine that magically replaces several hours of her manual work? As far as she’s concerned, it’s a specialized maid that doesn’t eat at her table and never gets sick.
- auggierose 10mo agoMachines do get "sick" though, and they eat electricity.
- pavlov 10mo agoNegligible cost compared to a real maid in 1825. The washing machine also doesn’t get pregnant by your teenage son and doesn’t run away one night with your silver spoons — the upkeep risks and replacement costs are much lower.
- ljlolel 10mo agoThey do and will randomly kill people
- emp17344 10mo agoDawg what kind of washing machines are you using?
- michaelmrose 10mo agoSamsung?
- ssl-3 10mo agoIn 1825? Certainly not one that ran on electricity, much less something that had meaningful safety features. I used to play with a Maytag machine machine motor. It had a single cylinder, ran on gasoline, and had a kick-start. It was from, IIRC, 1926. The exhaust would have been plumbed to the outdoors, but other than that the expectation was that there would be a gas-fired engine running in the house while the washing was done.
- interloxia 10mo agoMostly from dryers. I assumed mostly from failure to clean the lint but the following link suggested that that was the cause only 27% of the time. https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/home-fires-involving-clothes-dryers-and-washing-machines https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-re... In the table from the Pdf link failure to clean was the only category that resulted in deaths.
- auggierose 10mo agoIn 1825 both electricity prices and replacement costs would have been unaffordable for anyone, though. Because there was literally no prize you could pay to get these things.
- omnimus 10mo agoShame we are in 2025 huh? Ask someone today if they accept washing machine as robot maid.
- pavlov 10mo agoThe point is that, as far as development of AI is concerned, 2025 consumers are in the same position as the 1825 housewife. In both cases, automation of what was previously human labor is very early and they’ve seen almost nothing yet. I agree that in the year 2225 people are not going to consider basic LLMs artificial intelligences, just like we don’t consider a washing machine a maid replacement anymore.
- watwut 10mo ago19 century washing machines were called washing/mangling machines. They were not called maids nor personified.