Re:Everyday robots are slowly leaving the lab
by MontyCarloHall on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @10:25AM
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With all that haphazard laundry in the way, they would never have even found themselves in a workplace.
Have you ever done laundry by hand? My grandmother did. It took literally an entire day of scrubbing.
Re:Everyday robots are slowly leaving the lab
by dougmwne on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @11:11AM
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Two reductive takes do not a complex one make.
Labor saving home appliances, changes in family size, and convenience foods are a pretty big deal for how people of any gender spend their time. Time spent cleaning has decreased, and been replaced with other activities. Parenting has changed a lot and become much more intensive. One did not cause the other, but our modern lives absolutely co-evolved with appliances.
https://www.nber.org/digest/oct08/hours-spent-homemaking-hav...
Re:Everyday robots are slowly leaving the lab
by alpaca128 on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @10:49AM
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> we are in for a world of hurt if we maintain our current social structures and decimate the working population.
History has shown that maintaining the status quo until everyone's in a world of hurt is the standard approach.
Please.
To think there are only positives in this change is a naive approach of the future. Sure, there will be some benefits but we are in for a world of hurt if we maintain our current social structures (at least in the US) and decimate the working population.