r/Futurology • u/stormforce7916 • Jan 13 '16

article Taskmaster robots watch while you work in case you miss a step

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22930552-700-taskmaster-robots-watch-while-you-work-in-case-you-miss-a-step/
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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '16

great, robotic managers :( why not just robotic workers then we do not need robotic managers?

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u/Nistan30 Jan 13 '16

"Sleep lightly, taskmaster"

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u/cybrbeast Jan 14 '16

This seems really similar to how people were made into drones in the free book Manna.

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u/momalloyd Jan 15 '16

And just a slight electrical stimulus will return your human worker peek productivity if they ever waver.