the future of the human race
Posted on 08/11/2025 12:52:03 PM PDT by RandFan
Robots probably won’t change the diapers, but they probably will deliver the food. Maybe they already are.
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Many jobs, such as on farms, will become more automated when the farmers cannot pay very low wages to illegals. It will be a plus all around.
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the future of the human race
“Many jobs, such as on farms, will become more automated when the farmers cannot pay very low wages to illegals. It will be a plus all around.”
Except in Kalifornia where state law limits the use of farm machinery to protect the United Farm Workers.
AI is massively being hyped: Pump-N-Dump.
“replaces it with another plastic, modular toilet”
In Florida, wax seals are not firm enough in the heat (and the wax is often barely enough) so use a compressible foam rubber seal between the drain pipe flange and new toilet.
When construction runs into a mysterious plumbing problem in one of their tract houses, the don’t send a construction plumber to go do the detective work and the complex repair.
“AI is massively being hyped: Pump-N-Dump.”
Applications such as for policing, education and customer service will be big.
There are going to be lots of applications, but they will take time to develop. Hardware costs will fall.
My parents had a toaster that was a wedding gift in 1959. That toaster lasted over 50 years.
https://www.universal-robots.com/in/blog/what-is-robotic-welding/
You might want to take a tour of some modern factories.
“I do know that buggy whip manufacturers are rare these days.”
The left: Unions will save the employees.
The right: Buggy whips will be critical forever.
Lol.
No he hasn’t. Why ya LYING!
These grubHub meal delivery robots are are already in use at college campuses :
https://onsite.grubhub.com/solutions/partnerships/robots/
Yes he has. All the trades pay very well once you get your license.
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All this AI talk makes me think of the late fifties and early sixties. Soothsayers predicted that economic growth would be in recreation, because automation would afford people so much leisure time.
Yeah, right.
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Good point about the 1950s.
For me the lesson is that it will take a while to see how the AI and robotic tech will impact society.
It may be in unexpected ways.
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