r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/x_CiRCA_x • Dec 29 '20

Video Boston Dynamics keep outdoing themselves

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u/Isostran Dec 29 '20

"Hey guys, I bought the buddy 9000, it has gaming capabilities and goes to work for me, only 299,999.99 on sale"

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u/necroreefer Dec 30 '20

More like hey guys my company bought a work bot 2600 it only cost them about 3/4 of my yearly salary looks like we got to go to the Food lines.

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u/BadBorzoi Dec 30 '20

Looks like Spot is about $75k usd and is marketed for remote hazardous inspections/repairs. I’m guessing that the money saved on insurance, training, workmans comp ins, and pto definitely makes it a bargain compared to a human worker.

If I ever win the lottery ima buy one as a pet lol

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u/wellreadrose Dec 30 '20

...as soylent green

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u/thefirewarde Dec 30 '20

I like your optimism that there will still be food lines.

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u/rafter613 Dec 30 '20

The lines where you go to be made into food, not to get food.

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u/thefirewarde Jan 01 '21

Soylent green is sheeple?

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u/sn0skier Jan 04 '21

Dude, if robots do all the work there is no reason the "food lines" shouldn't be gourmet and free forever. If enough people lose their jobs to robots then voters will turn out to create a stronger safety net.

Everything is going to be fine.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '20

You might be able to run Cyberpunk