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Re:The growing need for human robot-minders could juice the ... by RobertDeNiro on Thursday September 05, 2019 @07:27AM (#20885626)
They just realized it’s not that much more expensive to give these jobs to foreign workers instead.
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Re:The growing need for human robot-minders could juice the ... by pytester on Thursday September 05, 2019 @08:55AM (#20886144)
If you give driving jobs to a series of remote workers you'll end up creating a lot of new jobs. EMTs, doctors, ambulance truck assembly, etc.
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Re:The growing need for human robot-minders could juice the ... by dlphn___xyz on Thursday September 05, 2019 @08:22AM (#20885905)
which is worse over time - developing automation to take over certain jobs or staffing certain jobs with offshore contractors?
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Re:The growing need for human robot-minders could juice the ... by cosmojg on Thursday September 05, 2019 @10:08AM (#20886778)
That depends on where you want the money going: everybody involved in developing and maintaining automated systems at home and abroad (high-skilled labor) or everybody involved in controlling drones from afar (low-skilled labor). Of course, the amount going to either group will be drastically different depending on a multitude of factors.
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