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Ah, but that video is four years old. Here's the shirt-folder: http://youtu.be/Mr7U9pQtwq8 http://youtu.be/Mr7U9pQtwq8 Sure, it sucks at folding shirts quickl
by cryoshon 12y ago
Ah, but that video is four years old.
Here's the shirt-folder: http://youtu.be/Mr7U9pQtwq8 http://youtu.be/Mr7U9pQtwq8
Sure, it sucks at folding shirts quickly, but it's most of the way there. Reducing the amount of human assistance needed is going to be a gradual process for the more complicated tasks, but you can bet it's being worked on.
The core of the technology is already operational, it's just not quite consumer-ready yet.
- hiou 12y agoBut how much more expensive is that robot to purchase and maintain as opposed to a low wage human worker? Remember, you only lease human labor so when one breaks it doesn't cost you anything. Also, low skill human labor is much more flexible than an automated robot. You can have them folding shirts one minute, to answering the phone the next, to rounding up shopping carts or trying to harass some kids you think my be trying to shoplift. If you don't need them as often you can just cut their hours. With a robot you are still paying for it. And the robot won't transport itself for free off the premises when you want to suspend your lease. Decision making will be where AI is going to have it's largest immediate impact. Not physical labor. Because physical labor is much more expensive to replace than mental labor decision making.