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The next 20 years are going to be incredible. Think about technology like this applied to the medical field, or tourism, or food preparation. Of course, some of
by ryanwaggoner 17y ago
The next 20 years are going to be incredible. Think about technology like this applied to the medical field, or tourism, or food preparation. Of course, some of these tasks will probably be made irrelevant by robotics soon after this kind of technology becomes widespread, but I'm sure we'll find uses for it.
- queensnake 17y agoYou might like a chapter or two of Marshall Brain's 'Manna' http://www.marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm http://www.marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm - set in next year, interestingly :) His other stuff on the left is good, too.
- patio11 17y agoI think it will be far easier to sell the relevant guilds on augmented humans than it will be to sell them on robots. They can continue to collect dues from the humans, after all. (Granted, they'll fight this tooth and nail anyway. 56% more productive is just another way to say 36% less mechanics.)
- sketerpot 17y agoLuckily, 56% more productive also means that a mechanic who uses this can make more money and tell the guilds where to shove their objections.
- patio11 17y agoI was thinking of industries (airlines) where you can't be a mechanic without being a member in good standing of the Right Honorable Order of Artificiers.
- berntb 17y agoNot in the transitional period, when there are lots of newly unemployed mechanics. All working hard to learn the new virtual reality systems. And probably not after that time, either.