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Re:Robots Still Haven’t Taken Over: A brief history of machi... by vannevar on Saturday September 09, 2017 @07:27PM (#15209650)
I think the robot apocalypse scenario is broad enough to include humans working for our robot overlords. :-) Think of the many humans essentially indentured to corporations, working for low wages while trying to pay off enormous debt.
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Re:Robots Still Haven’t Taken Over: A brief history of machi... by sillysaurus3 on Saturday September 09, 2017 @08:33PM (#15209856)
Meh. It beats the old days. At no point in human history have we been so comfortable.

It's hard, yes, but we only have eight hours every weekday forced out of us. That's a bit different from the past.

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Re:Robots Still Haven’t Taken Over: A brief history of machi... by vertex-four on Sunday September 10, 2017 @02:35AM (#15211038)
"It's better than it used to be" is not a valid argument against thinking about the problems of how it currently is.
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