▲ 530 ▼ Boston Dynamics introduces a fully electric humanoid robot that “exceeds human performance” (spectrum.ieee.org) submitted 2 years ago by dominiquec@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 212 comments fedilink hide all child comments ...replacing the previously hydraulic version. Insert obligatory welcome statement here.
[–] Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) How do I subscribe when the robot took my job? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) if you look at how many people will need to try to find new jobs after AGI and mass human robotics, its devastating. i've seen estimates in the tens or hundreds of millions. just self driving cars alone could cause a global depression. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 years ago Taxis / Uber, food delivery, truckers, towing, garbage collection, construction hauling, couriers, bus drivers, etc, etc. I agree this will be devastating at first. But it really doesn't have to be in the long run. As a society we need to stop equating someone's value to their labor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) if you look at how many people will need to try to find new jobs after AGI and mass human robotics, its devastating. i've seen estimates in the tens or hundreds of millions. just self driving cars alone could cause a global depression. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 years ago Taxis / Uber, food delivery, truckers, towing, garbage collection, construction hauling, couriers, bus drivers, etc, etc. I agree this will be devastating at first. But it really doesn't have to be in the long run. As a society we need to stop equating someone's value to their labor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 years ago Taxis / Uber, food delivery, truckers, towing, garbage collection, construction hauling, couriers, bus drivers, etc, etc. I agree this will be devastating at first. But it really doesn't have to be in the long run. As a society we need to stop equating someone's value to their labor. permalink fedilink source parent