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boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Mercedes is trialing humanoid robots for ‘low skill, repetitive’ tasks

www.theverge.com

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Mercedes is trialing humanoid robots for ‘low skill, repetitive’ tasks

www.theverge.com

boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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    I cannot conceive of a task where a humanoid robot would be better suited than just a robot built for the task without trying to mimic a human form.

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        wouldnt it make more sense to do a trial that tests their supposed advantages over purpose built robots rather than one which decidedly does not

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    “Low skill” tasks, huh? So I guess they’ll be replacing the CEOs first, eh?

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      😂

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    Mercedes also better support UBI so that these workers who will lose their jobs to automation don’t starve to death.

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      Governments should push UBI, not corporations like Mercedes

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      Unless they are forced to care about their workers, they won’t. There is no profitablity to caring about what they see as expenses.

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      also had* better support

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    Make the robots have planned obsolescence and see how they feel about it.

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    This really sucks for many disabled people who rely on ‘low skill, repetitive’ jobs to survive. I hope Mercedes addresses this (I doubt, given how capitalists hate disabled people).

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