It Can Be Automated. But Not Affordably.

[@ManureMerchandise]

What people forget is most manufacturing already has been automated. A general purpose robot is often way too complicated vs a special use actuator or ball screw.

[@abhinavaryal6557]

I disagree. Every innovation when it was first introduced was unaffordable for the general use. Look at computers: it didn't take long for computers to reach the general public. And I think it will take even less for Robots to reach us because a lot of people are working on making it a reality. This is going to disrupt a lots of jobs and it can be catastrophic to countries like Nepal which mostly exports unskilled labor to wealthy countries. I believe the focus should be on how can prepare for this disruption and prevent the catastrophe. Here's a video about Nvidia's recent work on the next wave of robots. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5mvdXt3btiefM0

[@kiase978]

Yeah, this video is a lazy take. The ending was funny. The "underdeveloped and developed" argument is very out of touch. Obviously, it's a matter of economics. But also of precision. Most of the manufacturing happens in these "developing" countries. But, they still use robots wherever possible. You only need to train one robot once and the rest just replicate, they make fewer errors with a precision that's not achievable by humans.

[@kiase978]

Obviously, it's not affordable when you only get 100 views. What a lazy take. "Robots are expensive blah blah blah". Do some real research and display some real stats. Not a 2 min generic video with no real information. Not saying that you cannot put any real information in 2 minutes. You could have used this to list some of the latest robots and how much they cost. Also any projects on if/how long before they actually become affordable. You have to realize that once we figure out how to train a general-purpose robot, it would be foolish to go back to human labor (with exceptions). Its just material and electricity.

[@SelfImprovementMachines]

Mr. Keyboard economics expert - I will be happy to see your data. I hope you have something else to do besides criticize new content creators. Hopefully, you will start with a million views on your first video. The video at least provides multiple cost factors Your Comment: 'Trust me, bro, it's simple. Just material and electricity' The argument be like 'Why don't poor people just buy more money?'

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

As with all technologies, it'll get cheaper over time.