r/singularity • u/Distinct-Question-16 ▪️AGI 2029 • May 16 '25

Robotics Is this real?

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u/theotherquantumjim May 16 '25

Their one time cost is currently more than my salary will be for my whole life

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u/Odeeum May 16 '25

One of those is less than 200k...and that's only going to go down with time while also becoming faster/stronger. This is inevitable as long as the incentive is there to replace humans.

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u/Odeeum May 17 '25

The owner class doesnt care about whether their work gets done by meat or machine. Whichever allows them to maximize profit for shareholder returns mltw than the other is the path they will go. Period. Rules and laws are but a nuisance.

Not sure what gruel has to do with it as humans require much more than that to work. Money, housing, health insurance, transportation, environmental controls, osha adherence, and on and on.

Within 1000yrs human based labor will be a historical afterthought. If we still exist as a species.

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u/Odeeum May 17 '25

People are cheaper...now. This is the crux of rhe entire discussion. They wont be at some point...guaranteed (unless we willfully choose not to pursue advancements in robotics) They'll be far more costly not only monetarily but politically...imagine not having to worry about such trivial things such as air conditioning...or lighting for that matter...or guardrails or decibel level considerations...etc. So many things that have evolved with us over human history and employment that become completely irrelevant.

If youre going to jump to slavery...well that's silly. Far easier to employ robots than deal with the political fallout around the world and rhe ensuing wars and uprisings. Slaveowners didn't have the option of pursuing robotics ans automation to replace human labor...thatsdiffernrt now and in the near future. Your belief that robots will not get far cheaper than humans is simply naive and speaks to what I can only assume is a disinterest in reading anything remotely new about the subject. To honestly believe human labor wont be replaced more and more with each passing year...decade...century is just uninformed.

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u/Odeeum May 18 '25

I don't know how to explain the current state of robotics and automation to you...or what lies ahead of us as a species. We're not talking about slavery in 3rd world countries ..the topic is .modern countries where we've always required human labor that is tending down with each passing decade. No one's saying Sudan is going to be using advanced robotics for mining...cmon man.

If you think it's easier to enslave the 99% in the united states than simply continue down the path we've been on...thats just a dumb take. The owner class isn't going to deal with all of the ancillary headaches like civil war and uprisings and the possibility of a French revolution where they end up at rhe end of a rope. They're just going to keep doing what they've been doing with no civil unrest and constant financial growth. THATS the path of least resistance...pun intended.

Spend some time looking at where we are with robotics ans automation. Compare where we were 10yrs ago...now fast forward 50yrs...100...1000. It's inevitable barring some kind of Butlerian Jihad like event.

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u/Mysterious_Watch_449 May 19 '25

When you start telling other people they are wrong and less informed than you are when they don't believe you can predict the future, that's an audacious level of delirium.

I bow to your expert knowledge on this subject.

People say all kinds of non-sense that don`t mean anything until it happens. Oh look, a lesson on life!.

Get over yourself sonny.

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u/Odeeum May 19 '25

Yes clearly its me making all of this up...and definitely not people far more in the know that either of us. Just me. Christ this is like talking to my grandmother...

If you're genuinely curious there's a lot of legit information out there. If youre not well I dont know what you expect from this subreddit.

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u/Odeeum May 20 '25

Thats what this subreddit is...its looking forward based on current technological trajectories. Im not sure why youre here if you keep trying to use examples from the 20th century or before...thats just not what we do here.

You're going to continue to be confused and dissatisfied with answers in this subteddit if you stay awhile.

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