Economy_Variation365

Economy_Variation365 t1_iuijxql wrote

Reply to comment by Wassux in Giant farming robot uses 3D vision and robotic arms to harvest ripe strawberries by Anen-o-me

I disagree with your assertion that the population will explode in a post-scarcity world. On the contrary, as a society's standard of living rises, the birth rate drops. This has been the rule throughout the developed and developing world, and there is no exception that I'm aware of. In fact, the US population would actually decrease if it weren't for immigration.

Even if we achieve almost zero death rate by reversing aging and reducing accident rates, the population will grow at most linearly (assuming each couple wants to have two children). A world population peaking at 10 billion will be quite easily fed, housed, clothed, educated, medically attended etc. by employing advanced automation.

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Economy_Variation365 t1_isnb4mh wrote

Reply to comment by Jmbolmt in Meet the Army of Robots Coming to Fill In for Scarce Workers. Robots are spreading at a record pace, from their traditional strongholds like making automobiles into nearly every other human endeavor by Shelfrock77

Damn, that's terrible! I'm sorry for your loss. No one should be killed or injured by unsafe working conditions like that. Hopefully automation will reduce these incidents in the near future.

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