you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 20 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

Putting these things on workers in a warehouse to boost "productivity" is some dystopian nightmare shit.

Billionaires today: "How can we get even more work out of one person?"

Billionaires soon: "Is there some way we can just put their brain in a robot? And, would that brain still have any rights, or would I just own it? Could we just grow the brain in the lab? That's all we really need, until we get the AI thing working right."

  • source
  • hideshow 5 child comments
  • [–] 7 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

    But what happens when that sentient brain doesn’t want to do that work? I feel like I’ve seen this movie…

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments