News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by DontchaKnowit on Monday August 08, 2022 @11:56AM (#32387132)
Sorry but this is just fantasy. Robots are not even remotely close to being able to replace humans for 90% of tasks. Robots do not deal with uncertainty well and in my opinion only ever will in scenarios where there are very tight bounds on the task.

A robot is never going to be able to build a log cabin for you, because there are far too many snafus in the process to deal with. The real world is too fucked up for a non biological agent to handle. Until we reach singularity.

Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by adamckay on Monday August 08, 2022 @01:53PM (#32388751)
> A robot is never going to be able to build a log cabin for you

Agreed. But when that robot has something like a large scale 3d printer, why would it build with logs?

Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by wyre on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:31PM (#32389949)
At that point why not just 3d print the house? Why need a robot laborer at all?