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jseah t1_j4x1x7g wrote

Reply to comment by crackernator in Watch Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid work at a 'construction site' - The Robot Report by Gari_305

Indeed! Computer vision algorithms to classify the space around them. Self driving car-like algorithm for navigation and pathfinding. RTS game like AI to assign tasks to teams of robots. And suddenly it becomes possible to arrange a work site to be more robot friendly and robots can do half the work... which means 50% go unemployed.

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yamangetmemed t1_j4yt2rb wrote

I think you'll find that large robot construction, licensing, and maintenance are not free.

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jseah t1_j4yt8ng wrote

Which is fair, robots are not free. But robots might cost less than humans over time, plus tend to have less hidden costs like traffic accidents or epidemics making them unable to work unexpectedly.

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