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Re:How much money do people need to be happy? by koolba on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @07:01PM (#16488463)
Robots? Assuming you already have 7+ days worth of clothes simply hire a maid to come by once a week.

With a human you never have to worry about software upgrades, charging batteries, or wake up in a cold sweat in fear of your hired help violating Isaac Asimov's laws of robotics.

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Re:How much money do people need to be happy? by greedo on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @07:29PM (#16488649)
Humans are quite capable of violating the laws of robotics too!
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Re:How much money do people need to be happy? by pksadiq on Thursday March 01, 2018 @02:48AM (#16490347)
> Humans are quite capable of violating the laws of robotics too!

Well, that could mean that robots may too violate the laws of robotics!

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Re:How much money do people need to be happy? by robotresearcher on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @11:57PM (#16489788)
The question was “why can’t you automate it?”.
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Re:How much money do people need to be happy? by koolba on Thursday March 01, 2018 @07:07AM (#16491339)
Automate doesn’t have to mean a machine is handling it. It means you don’t have to handle it. Human automation is a valid tool, in particular for things like housework.
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Re:How much money do people need to be happy? by robotresearcher on Thursday March 01, 2018 @10:22AM (#16492662)
Automate usually does mean to use machinery.

I open a car factory. It is fully automated.

See?

Besides, the original question is totally boring if you allow human automation. Of course I can hire someone to do labour. No one needs that explained to them.

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