[freedumb2003]

I have read places like NYC want to tax robots so their use is not less than wages.

Even if it is tge same cost, robots are still less trouble. They don’t take sick days, waste company time, go postal, etc.

[neverevergiveup]

"They don’t take sick days, waste company time, go postal, etc."

Not sure we know about the 'go postal' thing yet..

[knarf]

Just sitting here doing a shitload of typing and the daily dose of hidden object gaming to keep my mind from being totally numbed requires a certain due diligence that a robot would probably not pick up on.

I can sense when something is wrong and look for the cause and erase it (anti-virus, malware, etc.)

Robotics is pretty cool, but they can't lube and repair themselves, nor re-set their tooling for next years' model.

[daler]

“I have read places like NYC want to tax robots so their use is not less than wages.”

I have long suspected the day would arrive when the same libs that gave us the minimum wage would make it illegal for businesses to lay off employees.

And I suspect they’ll be sticking their regulating noses into this kind of automation as well.

[ridesthemiles]

ONLY DeBlasio & NYC would dream up putting a tax on Robots. Do they expect a state tax return also from robots???