Posted on 01/30/2022 9:56:56 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the electric vehicle maker's upcoming humanoid robot, Optimus, also known as the Tesla Bot, can help solve labor shortages, particularly the one the U.S. is currently experiencing.
The tech billionaire described the humanoid robot, which was unveiled during Tesla AI Day in August 2021, as the "most important product development we're doing this year" during the company's earnings call Wednesday.
Moreover, he said it might be the solution to the labor shortage the U.S. is facing at the moment.
"The foundation of the economy is labor [and] capital equipment is distilled labor," Musk said.
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The Optimus Varient, coming soon...
Welcome to the coming future where Idiocracy, Ready Player One and Surrogates have merged! GG.
We don’t have a labor shortage....we have a body of workers who don’t want to work....even when they’re working.
Just before retirement I was fast loosing my patience with the attitudes of those coming in I had to work with. So glad I’m out of it!
One man I spoke with the other day about the border said angrily...I Hope they open the whole da*mn thing up and let anyone come in because the people here have forgotten what it is to be grateful to have a job and willing to actual ‘work’ at it.
So much for Canadian truckers.
What crock labor shortage is he talkin’ about?
What a relief. Now all the illegal invaders can rest comfortably on the tax payer bill.
The Terminators are coming.
Well, what do you expect from these self-entitled 19-year-olds, unwilling to work the fryer or to recognize the "au-thor-o-tey" of the assistant manager and his FIFTY years of experience?! But the fast food sector is rapidly automating, anyway. Fortunate that you got out while the going was good!
(Heh-heh! You set yourself up for that one, buddy!)
Regards,
We don’t have a labor shortage
We have an excess of people not willing to work
We have an excess of people willing to live off of the labor of others.
Answer: No. Take a close look at the status of the product of our post Covid K-16 education system. I seriously doubt if the have the skills to handle such new technology? That will delay its implementation.
Hey!
Our high scrule has the biggest weight room in the district.
That should count for something.
No shop class or home economics though.
What labor shortage? We have plenty of labor. We have a shortage of work ethic.
That attitude among the young is everywhere not just in fast foods. Much of that attitude has to do with poor education along with the prevalence and acceptance of drugs.
I cannot remember if this was a Rudyard Kipling quote, perhaps a John Bull witticism but it went something like this:
The proudest day in an English man’s life is when on his deathbed he can honestly say he has no outstanding debt and that “I paid me own way”
If they can make my drive-thru order correctly, I’m sold.
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