• SUPAVILLAIN@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    It wouldn’t be if the generation of jobs that aren’t just being a humanoid robot was 1:1 with their replacement. Instead, we’re just treading the edge of forcing people out of the workforce with nothing for them to go to that’s in the forced-out’s skillset. Where’s the training-up, as opposed to the forcing-out?

    Further, are we really just gonna take Amazon at their word regarding “oh, they’re meant to work collaboratively with a human workforce, not replace them!” Cause I sure as shit don’t.

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      7 months ago

      You simply don’t need so many people when you replace humanoid robots with actual robots…

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        And what’s the recompense for the ones who “aren’t needed”? “Wish you luck, get out”? They’re just supposed to make a not-nearly-enough unemployment check stretch because some shitbag C-suite deemed them unnecessary and/or not worth paying? The seemingly naively-optimistic IFLS angle on robotics is going to only exacerbate the “motherfuckers aren’t hiring” crisis we’re still living through.

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          7 months ago

          I mean thats what happened when industry 2.0 and 3.0 happened as well. Now we are at 4.0 and need less people and higher skills.

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            7 months ago

            But what I’m saying is what we’re living now is unsustainable without HEAVY changes to the way our society operates-- and you seem to just want to exacerbate that already existing crisis, and introduce us to a brand new one. Not all of us-- as a matter of fact, precious few of us-- have the capabilities, either liquid resource or intangible resource-wise, to actually upskill in the West.