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[deleted] t1_ivkjgh9 wrote

Reply to comment by Cdn_citizen in Humanoid robots are getting close to reality by Gari_305

I think the only thing we agree on is that these bots are a long way off, I don’t care to debate the imaginary pricing models that don’t exist for the hardware that doesn’t exist.

Not everyone can afford to hire a company. I’m from the ghetto, you get what you can afford and it is what it is. Hiring a company is just laughable, people are scouring churches and their local network for what little they can afford.

Either way, these have the POTENTIAL to help a lot of old people. We’ll probably blow ourselves up before they take off anyway

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Cdn_citizen t1_ivl88rg wrote

I’m not talking about hiring a company though, my point is that a company will need to maintains these bots just like modern cars. Are you assuming these will be open sourced or in a build your own PC kind of way? Because if that’s the case there is no logic in your belief these will ever exist let alone help old people.

I’m from the ghettos in my city too, not there anymore but penny pinching was definitely a thing growing up. It’s not the affordability I’m getting at, what I have issues with your logic of thinking these will be for everyone especially old people with fixed incomes or on government benefits.

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[deleted] t1_ivl95sb wrote

Why not ? Technology gets cheaper as it matures. There’s zero reason to believe with enough time it won’t trickle down to everyday consumer affordability like every other piece of modern technology

They will have to be maintained, but some things can run a while without issue. Fuck, I still see 98 civics doing just fine with just oil changes lol

You need to think way longer term

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bloo_Tube t1_ivs4wez wrote

If home care AI were created to supplement health care, wouldnt there be a way to subsidize their availability? State or federal levels. Creating tech service workforce specifically to build and maintain, but also to allow greater availability through an application system. I want to live in THAT world. 💙

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Cdn_citizen t1_ivlhuk3 wrote

You need to compare apples with apples. Cars have a benefit of transportation that many people need.

'98 civics will run but they are massively outdated in terms of safety and technology. You get into an accident with 20+ year old designed and rusted metal frame, you're going to be in a world of hurt.

Designs most certainly have changed massively as well. Furthermore the poorest still don't have cars and need public transit and as I mentioned before the elderly class are on fixed or government benefits. Where would they get the money to fund even a modestly cheap robot?

Also, despite cars being 'cheaper' if hedge to inflation, the upkeep costs sure have not. i.e. insurance, tires, heck even gasoline have all gotten more expensive.

To prove a point. I bought a top of the line desktop in 2000, it cost me $1.2K. To buy the same today would cost me $3K.

Longer term, I honestly think humanoid robots and robotics in general will stay at factories and businesses. To make a robot that can do all the tasks a human can with the intuition and intelligence is currently impossible. I get your are optimistic, but currently you are basing your beliefs on hopium and not facts.

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[deleted] t1_ivlkgo1 wrote

Hopium lol. The fact that I have an 85” TV in my room, an item that was once $20,000 in 2012 solidifies my stance. What I have now is a much more advanced product for 5x less.

I don’t care to change your mind, keep your beliefs. Nobody is talking about what is CURRENTLY possible. In 50-100 years things will be drastically different saying we haven’t blown ourselves back to the Stone Age

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Cdn_citizen t1_ivm4ur4 wrote

You are a really funny guy. Keep up your jokes and you just might get somewhere in comedy.

Keep up that hopium, you definitely run on it.

P.S. there are still $20,000 TVs and TV’s are “much more advanced”? With what…wifi and more pixels? LOL.

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[deleted] t1_ivm80s5 wrote

Huge weight reductions, thinner, more pixels, less electricity, network connectivity and the list goes on

Enjoyed our convo till you decided to be a dick, have a good evening

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