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Re:Everyday robots are slowly leaving the lab by guerrilla on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @11:02AM (#29319351)
It really depends on who owns the robots. As it is now, the richer you are the more robots you'll be able to afford and the less labor you'll need. When labor isn't in demand anymore and most people don't have robots, then most people won't have income anymore, forcing them into poverty and revolution. Robot police and military could make successful revolution impossible.
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Re:Everyday robots are slowly leaving the lab by Gys on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @11:08AM (#29319461)
I think robots will follow a pattern similar to cars, tv's, kitchen machines, computers and such. First only a few can afford them, but in time prices come down and functionality goes up.
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Re:Everyday robots are slowly leaving the lab by foogazi on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @11:28AM (#29319734)
Did that happen when washing machines became available?

Everyone owns washing machines now - people just move on to do other things

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Re:Everyday robots are slowly leaving the lab by guerrilla on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @11:36AM (#29319851)
Washing machines didn't eliminate all demand for labor. It was pretty niche like most applications so far. And yeah, most of the world still doesn't have them, so those positive feedback loops have been there the whole time.
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Re:Everyday robots are slowly leaving the lab by redisman on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @11:43AM (#29319971)
And if your town doesn’t have washing machines, they sure as heck aren’t going to have 100x more expensive robots
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Re:Everyday robots are slowly leaving the lab by true_religion on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @12:51PM (#29320829)
Robots are just portable computers with hands. They will not eliminate all demand for labor anytime soon.
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Re:Everyday robots are slowly leaving the lab by jareklupinski on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @05:27PM (#29324348)
while living in a small apartment long ago, I had to give my weekly laundry to someone in the neighborhood who owned many many laundry robots

to their credit, they charged an incredibly fair price, and even folded

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Re:Everyday robots are slowly leaving the lab by jjkaczor on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @11:20AM (#29319627)
Capture them, hack them and re-program them...
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