The Olympics aren’t just an event for the most talented athletes to strut their stuff on the world’s stage. No, The Games are where robots can find honest work and leisure, too. via Robots had their own skiing competition at the Winter Olympics
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The automation myth: Robots aren’t taking your jobs— and that’s the problem
Despite the cliché that technology today is progressing faster than ever, the per-worker output of the American economy actually increased at its fastest-ever rate in the quarter century between 1948 and 1973. (via The automation myth: Robots aren’t taking your jobs— and that’s the problem – Vox)
Future of jobs in a world filled with automation and robots
Future of jobs in a world filled with automation and robots
Roboticist Hans Moravec predicts that by 2020, robots will simulate the intelligence of a monkey. That may not seem smart, but with adequate software, it will be intelligent enough to perform most of today’s jobs. And here’s the “killer-ap” – future ‘bots can build labor-free copies of themselves increasing their numbers exponentially. By mid-2020s, some predict, humanoids could outnumber people.
One day one person will control all the robots and no human will have a job. What will we do then?
If robots can create robots, the supply should be large enough that the cost for a robot is rather minimal. Near infinite labor means the costs to mine garbage dumps for materials becomes doable. So is clearing brown fields of hazardous material. Even building a canal across Arizona.
So what can you call a world that has access to near infinite labor other than Utopia?
A working robot controlled by a slime mould, Dalek anyone?
A working robot controlled by a slime mould, and designed and built in ECS-Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton, will play a starring role in a major BBC4/Discovery Channel feature to be aired in the autumn. A production team from BBC Scotland spent a whole day in ECS this week, filming with… Continue reading A working robot controlled by a slime mould, Dalek anyone?
The Robot Economy
Assume robots are the same as humans. Robots can do all the work that humans can do. Robots need the same amount of energy/food to stay functioning as humans do, but robots themselves can produce that energy/food just like humans can. Robots will need maintenance and training as humans do, but robots themselves can produce… Continue reading The Robot Economy
The Robot Economy
Assume robots are the same as humans. Robots can do all the work that humans can do. Robots need the same amount of energy/food to stay functioning as humans do, but robots themselves can produce that energy/food just like humans can. Robots will need maintenance and training as humans do, but robots themselves can produce… Continue reading The Robot Economy