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Re:Just own the damn robots by goatlover on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:48AM (#15498092)
We've had computers for 70 years now. In order for the machines to seriously cut into available jobs this time around, the software and robots have to be able to do tasks across a wide swath of activities humans are currently doing.
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Re:Just own the damn robots by TuringTest on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:54AM (#15498108)
You haven't been watching the news recently?
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Re:Just own the damn robots by goatlover on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @03:22PM (#15502104)
Yeah, but I've also read what people like Rodney Brooks have to say on the matter.

And I take tech hype from the media with a healthy dose of salt.

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