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52. Oh hell yeah...Humans need not apply (Must watch)

Tue Mar 8, 2016, 07:53 PM

Mar 2016

Bots are cheaper, need no OSHA oversite, no unemployment insurance, no insurance, no retirement.....

Corporations are required ONLY to do one thing, make money. And bots will be cheaper than employees and that will be very very very soon.

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Why do people say we need more immigrants? Robots are the future. [View all] LittleBlue Mar 2016 OP

Our culture, based on work as the measure of value to society, is laughably unprepared phantom power Mar 2016 #1

A new age of freedom NowSam Mar 2016 #2

Yes. We need to focus on a new model LittleBlue Mar 2016 #6

The deals they are setting up are for a few years at a time and not immigration. Baobab Mar 2016 #37

A new age of starvation Warpy Mar 2016 #56

Only if there's basic income and universal healthcare shrike Mar 2016 #81

Who needs people at all? Old Union Guy Mar 2016 #3

+1 tk2kewl Mar 2016 #31

Robots at least at the beginning wont have feelings or needs to impress other robots so they can Baobab Mar 2016 #40

Pets or meat Baobab Mar 2016 #55

Really?: "They won't contribute unless they're highly skilled workers." FSogol Mar 2016 #4

Okay. You disagree. Explain why. LittleBlue Mar 2016 #8

Your robot revolution is still far away outside of maufacturing. Couching anti-immigration thoughts FSogol Mar 2016 #9

Did you watch the video or read the article? LittleBlue Mar 2016 #10

Do you really think all the companies that cry about paying $8 per hour are going to invest in FSogol Mar 2016 #11

These robots will be much cheaper than $8 an hour LittleBlue Mar 2016 #12

It would be a bad investment since most companies would not have enough work FSogol Mar 2016 #13

For those companies that don't need 24 hour work LittleBlue Mar 2016 #14

Still don't see it. Many unskilled jobs require decision making skills. Robots are far from that.n/t FSogol Mar 2016 #15

That is computers strong point, making decisions, fast. Baobab Mar 2016 #54

Not every low skill job follows a script. Look at the welding shop I posisted. FSogol Mar 2016 #61

You may not realize, your anecdote about welding is a creative job. Matt_R Mar 2016 #84

conomics of scale means that most companies will not have any facilities they will contract out for Baobab Mar 2016 #57

I think many people in this thread have a very limited idea of what low skill labor does in FSogol Mar 2016 #62

Do you know about the pulrilateral Trade in Services Agreement almost completed in Geneva? Baobab Mar 2016 #63

You have steered so far from the OP's anti-immigrant message that I have no FSogol Mar 2016 #64

I'm not anti immigrant. TiSA is what this is really about, and GATS Baobab Mar 2016 #65

OP means original poster (Hint that wasn't you) FSogol Mar 2016 #66

No, immigrants are being set up to be blamed for something else Baobab Mar 2016 #71

Unless they are being blamed for being robots, you should reread post #66. n/t FSogol Mar 2016 #72

Ive known about that coming for 4/5 of my life, what i am describing is TPTB's totally imappropriate Baobab Mar 2016 #74

Do you know about the myth of El Dorado, that was told to the Spanish Conquistadores? Baobab Mar 2016 #67

Do you know that smashing up a ripe banana and adding it to waffle batter makes FSogol Mar 2016 #69

The new Raspberry Pi that sells for $5 has been perpetually out of stock! Baobab Mar 2016 #51

Startups might decide to use robots Shankapotomus Mar 2016 #32

Oh hell yeah...Humans need not apply (Must watch) ghostsinthemachine Mar 2016 #52

Probably depends on the industry Bradical79 Mar 2016 #79

The video really doesn't show that Kelvin Mace Mar 2016 #18

Uhm... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #22

Bet you I can find lawns it can't handle that humans can Kelvin Mace Mar 2016 #35

Here's one who can cook 2000 meals on sale in 2017 LittleBlue Mar 2016 #25

Claiming that you will be on sale in 2017 Kelvin Mace Mar 2016 #34

The robot is still in its infancy. It wouldn't work in the real world. Oneironaut Mar 2016 #19

The self-checkout at super markets is the new model LittleBlue Mar 2016 #46

Why do you assume they get jobs? Baobab Mar 2016 #58

Until now, machines haven't been sophisticated enough to do anything other than LittleBlue Mar 2016 #60

Suppose you were right, or even if there was no AI at all Baobab Mar 2016 #82

Self-checkout is nowhere near as complicated, however. Oneironaut Mar 2016 #77

To continue with the retail example Bradical79 Mar 2016 #80

In 20 years, a majority of people who now would be going to school will be discouraged by the risks Baobab Mar 2016 #41

I would guess it's because The2ndWheel Mar 2016 #5

Thats what's changed. many countries are shrinking. Baobab Mar 2016 #42

We use immigrant labor for every skill level. Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #7

Its much more complicated than that, also they are not immigrants Baobab Mar 2016 #43

Cui bono? Who profits? Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #16

We are still a LONG way off from replacing humans with robots Kelvin Mace Mar 2016 #17

Long way off is next year, at least for a chef robot... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #21

I am in the tech biz Kelvin Mace Mar 2016 #26

Factory floors are a controlled environment... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #30

Under ideal conditions Kelvin Mace Mar 2016 #36

Here's what an Amazon warehouse looks like right now: Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #38

You make my point Kelvin Mace Mar 2016 #68

I think you underestimate the technological progress being made... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #73

Again, I have worked in technology my entire adult life Kelvin Mace Mar 2016 #75

You will be surprised i think. Nt Logical Mar 2016 #24

Humanoid robots are probably 1% and the web is 99% Baobab Mar 2016 #44

Agreed, Kelvin Mace Mar 2016 #59

I don't see where "highly skilled" workers would be immune, AI agents are already... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #20

Robots let you keep those icky brown people where they belong mwrguy Mar 2016 #23

Stupid argument LittleBlue Mar 2016 #27

Of course the west should take refugees mwrguy Mar 2016 #28

Slovenia just closed its borders LittleBlue Mar 2016 #29

Liberals do take refugees because conservatives never will. Our republicans and the far-right in pampango Mar 2016 #33

Google "progressive liberalisation" Baobab Mar 2016 #47

I was responding to a post "Of course the west should take refugees'. pampango Mar 2016 #49

when I read their stories I want to help them. I am sure I'm not the only one. Baobab Mar 2016 #50

one hundred years from now, what will matter is what planet somebody is from Baobab Mar 2016 #45

We need the immigrants to record the robots' voice menus. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2016 #39

No, thats done by software developers and only takes a few seconds. Baobab Mar 2016 #48

Demand. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2016 #53

I think this technology is just the initial scouting party into the territory of robotics. chade Mar 2016 #70

Right. The 99% will soon be obsolete. nt valerief Mar 2016 #76

This promises to shrink demand faster than a snowball in an oven. HughBeaumont Mar 2016 #78

Perhaps the point is that the immigrants need us? Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #83