@DavidSacks If you break it down, concepts like a properly implemented UBI are actually a Libertarian-centric concept, which explains why both left and right have some common ground in this regard.
@nickhud@WorkElizab The bigger question we’re all wondering is how many times did you read the same answer before you gave up and decided to make this comment?
@SparkyandSparks@adcock_brett Do you think technology like this stops at one single task? Think critically!
This is just a proof of concept for ONE specific task. It can clearly be trained to do it quite effectively. You think they stop there and call it a win and don’t continue onto other tasks?
It all comes down to money and the customer base. Building these is expensive.
Therefore building one single design that easily assimilates into a world that is already designed for humans of a specific size and stature broadens the amount of things this ONE design can accomplish.
Other specialized designs certainly will be made
Comparing apples to oranges.
Figure is going for the broader market as a general purpose humanoid robot that adapts to a world that has been designed for humans to accomplish their goals.
Specialized robots have a place, but in specialized circumstances ONLY.
There is far broader market, and therefore money in a general purpose robot that adheres to the many nuances of our current designed environment without further modification needed.
Of course the real world isn’t a factory, but robots can be in any of those environments and leverage their abilities to learn at incredible rates under increasingly “unique” circumstances. THIS IS general intelligence robotics. That’s where this is headed! Technology doesn’t stop!
@DreamMurican@Jason This is under the presumption that “work” is what we humans are on this earth to do with our lives.
What if there are better ways to live that don’t involve working at a shitty place you don’t really want to be if actually provided the option.
You fail to recognize the scale at which technology fixes problems. These will rapidly become far better and adaptable than a human.
For example, research things like “transferred learning”. Robots can learn as a “hive mind” and share their learning with their networket counterparts. We mortal humans learn linear, and at our own pace.
Or another interesting adaptation would be that robotics has the capability of modularity. So it could detach an arm that has a hand with five fingers and attach an arm that has a mig welder with precise capabilities far better than any pro-level human could ever accomplish, and at a much higher rate.
Technological force multipliers and distributed energy production capabilities grow at many orders of magnitude faster than conventional energy production systems of the past.
So while this certainly is a problem that needs to be solved, it’s probably not as problematic as you propose.