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Re:You have three minutes to escape the perpetual underclass... by XorNot on Saturday January 17, 2026 @03:54AM (#46656409)
I feel like the people who post this sentiment have never done any plumbing, electrical wiring or really just any sort of actual creative manual labor.

Show me the robot that can plumb a new sink in, or brick up an old doorway... Because I'd really like to buy it, those things are hard and time consuming!

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Re:You have three minutes to escape the perpetual underclass... by uh_uh on Saturday January 17, 2026 @03:57AM (#46656430)
Couple years ago you could have made the same argument about talking computers and here we are.
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Re:You have three minutes to escape the perpetual underclass... by petesergeant on Saturday January 17, 2026 @04:04AM (#46656478)
Right, like programming
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Re:You have three minutes to escape the perpetual underclass... by mlrtime on Saturday January 17, 2026 @07:28AM (#46657531)
100%

Smaller tools might be better, humanoid robots can HELP with this but it will still be a tool that we command.

I just fixed a leaking sprinkler, would love to have had a humanoid help me dig the hole, help me turn on/off the shutoff, cut the pipe, glue it back, etc...

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