The Robot Revolution: The New Age of Manufacturing | Moving Upstream

Hundreds of millions of jobs affected. Trillions of dollars of wealth created. These are the potential impacts of a coming wave of automation. In this episode of Moving Upstream, we travelled to Asia to see the next generation of industrial robots, what they're capable of, and whether they’re friend or foe to low-skilled workers.
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[@zheeshuenbak7389]

This is the right way to go, automate the boring stuff. Free up work to let humans explore, learn, and expand their horizons. The thing that has to change is the structure of our Society and Economy.

[@Lazypackmule]

That's all great in theory, but just like these robots take time to be developed and then adopted, the world doesn't just jump from trade based on goods and services to star trek style post-scarcity socialism overnight Things are going to get far worse before they get better, and there's no real way around it

[@zheeshuenbak7389]

I have the same sentiments.

[@louisnghiem9415]

Only way to reduce poverty after the onset of the fourth revolution is reduce the population.

[@dznuts123]

I think it is best to ride the growth speed all the way and automate as much as possible. When the economy stagnates, jobs will not appear fast enough to provide jobs to the displaced workers.

[@Wodkaholic]

Universal income for all or we will see war and poverty.

[@alexanderm2220]

"Is there an resistance from workers?" "No because they have no choice"

[@RosiePerera]

Saddest quote in the whole film. The look on his face: powerlessness, hopelessness. :-(

[@V0YAG3R]

What a horrible, evil man. How dare he run his company the way he chooses to, he should totally run it like I and the International Socialist demands it! Those workers should totally arm themselves with AK47s and commit acts of mass murder. ALLAHU AKBAR! 👌

[@FreedomTalkMedia]

I thought that was great. Workers don't pretend to own that which is not theirs. No wonder their economy is booming.

[@InayetHadi]

Ramin M Why should someone take the risk of investing their time and money into a venture (business) that at the end they could potentially lose everything and in the rare case that they're successful, now you want them to be taxed and share the value with the others who did not take the risk?

[@FreedomTalkMedia]

The word share implies it is voluntary. There is nothing voluntary about taxation. Taxation is theft.

[@lil----lil]

"No, because they've no choice" This statement is almost poetry.

[@izdatsumcp]

Imagine if the idiotic workers had a choice. How fast would China progress?

[@andriyshapovalov8886]

You wrote it wrong. Its like this: ' No, because they have no choice ...✂ Cut........because they will go to retrain for a better paying jobs, some retire(men at 60 and women at 50-55) and travel the world with the rest of 150mln of Chinese tourists.

[@CosmiaNebula]

Can't help but laugh at that brutal honesty.

[@patthonsirilim5739]

@@CosmiaNebula history have not been kind to those who go against progress its inevitable that a more efficient way of doing things will inevitably win its purely a matter of time and how much you want to waste it no one is seriously considering going back to riding a horse just because there use to be millions who were employed by the commercial horse industry 100 years ago.

[@TheModernInvestor]

Welcome to the future, this is only the beginning

[@dianedong1062]

No, what we're seeing now is just a continuation of a process which started in the 1800's.

[@lollal9897]

diane dong Exactly, the AGI future are expecting is a myth

[@OzZVidz]

Fax, it’s inevitable

[@GjaP_242]

2:56

[@squillafrixum7891]

This is why I'm a robotics Engineer. I should still have a job for a bit lol

[@ben600cc]

As long as people have enough money to buy what your robots build

[@BreakingUFC]

Who's making the best moves in this space now, 2 years on?

[@pietjan2650]

Everyone does that

[@RajSachdeva]

This should be updated yearly to see how faster robotics are changing the work place.

[@yip-yip9494]

I think this could be a great opportunity, but also a great threat. Because of that I am happy to see videos like this one, since there's not enough discussion about this topic in my opinion. To properly benefit from automation, I think it's absolutely necessary to rethink our views on economics. We're gonna have a bad time adjusting these advancements to our current systems, but it could elevate us to a new level of freedom if we play our cards right and adjust our systems to the advancements we make. Great video on a very impotant topic!

[@LongboardsBE]

Interesting video for sure

[@MiloLabradoodle]

I love the Cobot idea and feel we can get much more sophisticated operations done, and achieve more manufacturing flexibility, when robots work with humans.

[@katecarlisle8383]

Looking forward to being able to extend my lifespan through replacement body parts, the future looks amazing!😍🤖

[@billybunnell529]

The evolution of electronics today is truly amazing

[@musicandoutdoors]

high quality content, keep it coming WSJ

[@shin-ishikiri-no]

The interviewer disapproves of your thoughts before you think them.

[@ToneyCrimson]

"Low skill worker" We are all low skilled compared to a robot soon enough.

[@steveharrigan7811]

Toney Crimson Blue collar workers do varied types of work requiring special skills, and tools, and support equipment. Robots that assemble intricate parts and do required physical tasks are multi-million dollar machines that require expensive monthly maintenance . A lawyer can be replaced with a box if information right now. Robots to replace real estate agents, and property development supervisors, district production managers, College campus supervisors, Teachers, etc will be the cheapest to buy and arm with software. These people will obviously be the easiest to replace, with the cheapest robots, and can probably begin now.

[@AdmiralFroggy]

Programmers are essentially creating their replacements lol

[@guillermogutierrez-santana4446]

Start machine learning courses and you’ll learn pretty fast that there’s no way robots will take over. The best they’ll do is delete themselves.

[@YamiAnubisX]

@@guillermogutierrez-santana4446 sure they will, technology is evolving at a rapid pace and you think robots will delete themselves, in time as technology evolves, I doubt what you believe will stay true. Evolution is the name of the game.

[@S1NPAI]

Its nice having automated systems that can perform various tasks. I can see that the living standard will soon include self cleaning houses, meals that cook themselves, self driving cars, factory workers will be an alien idea, drinks can be prepared by a machine that's available in every building

[@Vini-BR]

we should be moving with confidence towards a future where jobs are for machines, everything is abundant and zero cost, the environment is protected and people do whatever they want with their lifetime. Leisure defines human dignity instead of work. These changes are mostly cultural and have got to be worked on urgently, we're losing time. This could have been acheived a lot sooner.

[@nightlightabcd]

You are quite naive, boring on stupidity! No jobs, no money, not a good life at all! Did you gave any thought before making your comment at all?

[@Spoorthuzad]

@@nightlightabcd What he means is that money wouldn't be needed. Or if it was all people would get a basic income where they can easily survive from. All of this would be supported with an automated society. In theory that is. Whether it works is something else.

[@nightlightabcd]

@@Spoorthuzad - The cost everything would go up and in short order, we would be back to where we are now, only higher inflation rate and more US debt and would not solve anything! It's a interesting thought but apparently, it was not thought through!

[@khongminh5168]

Vinícius Neves da Conceição, that’s the spirit 🙂

[@dominionemployee1188]

This brings me to the solution: it starts with you. You me him her, the individual. We gotta look at ourselves in the mirror and start realizing that things we see as weak are actually necessary (like compassion caring and empathy) and we have to make sure that those values survive, and understand that they’re worth dying for. We have to be willing to die for those principles otherwise nobody in the higher part of the food chain will be inspired to do the good we need

[@MercenaryBlackWaterz]

Dey took our jerbs!!!

[@williamburndred6284]

Awesomely Sarcastic dukadukadooooo

[@crystalball020]

Awesomely Sarcastic Derkerder!!!

[@richardclark6113]

Can I subscribe to your comments 😂😂

[@jaredstieg4238]

Awesomely Sarcastic Dai tuk wut josb's?

[@M8NR8E]

Derkrrdurr

[@Livemem]

Andrew Yang is right, it's coming, and we are not ready for the wave. Yang2020, I'm on board.

[@waynelewis9110]

Jonathan Curtis My thoughts exactly. His positive campaign message as well as his foresight has me hooked. If he makes it to the primaries, he has my vote.

[@ecchen1]

@@waynelewis9110 He needs all our support

[@tehflooper]

Its stupid to think that his policies are able to stop the automation, it only would be a waste of money, and guess what, more debt that will need to be payed at some point

[@1jediwitch]

*Great series: Ty!* 🤖💖

[@skymycat]

Looks like more work for engineers who design the robots, the technicians who maintain them, the sales and marketing teams that are supporting the customers to use them. It's just a shift of jobs from unskilled to skilled labour. In the company I work at, the few robots we've added to the production lines have improved product quality and freed up our people to work on more meaningful tasks.

[@ChuckCoy]

Personally I despise doing work that a mindless machine can handle.

[@animeempire4878]

In few decades it will be able to do everything. then what ? despise everything !

[@Heikki_Finland]

People should do things like art and care, where empathy and human presence are necessarily needed. The rest should be done by robots.

[@MrSidney9]

I concur, fully. Robots should free us from hard physical labor.

[@chillout1109]

Gameywoodchuck ! Not everyone is smart and highly educated. Some of us can only do manual labour due to lack of qualifications and lack of skills to do anything else.

[@travcat756]

You sound like a preacher talking about the end time. You're worthless!

[@EappleSandbox]

7:28

[@Vildayyan2003]

Yea, it flew by and I bet most people didn't hear or outright ignored exactly what he said.

[@adamfilandr]

Yea they intentionally cut it this way, he was going to elaborate more on his thought. You could see his english wasn't the best, so this sentece sounds a bit wierd.

[@USBEN.]

Straight and simple

[@akj7]

I prefer this kind of honesty than managers lying to your face, when we all know that revenues are companies' goal. Hey! Would you like to go buy bread at the backery for 1 Dollar each? Hey! Would you like to have a machine make bread for you at home for 0.5 Dollar each? What would you choose?

[@Schradermusic]

Oh come on, you guys would do the same if you were in his position...

[@terryr.1243]

The interaction, cooperation and working together of humans AND robots is my personal inspiration. Part of your report mentioned that more/INCREASED productivity occurred when humans AND robots worked together. This is my strong belief. I do NOT believe that robots and automation will completely replace humans.

[@flashmedia8953]

Nothing wrong with Robots doing the grinding. It makes product cheaper. More robots the better for human. We can focus on smaller and easier and safer tasks.

[@Gottenhimfella]

Smaller and easier and safer sounds like a good way to fill in the hours until it's time to die . . .

[@allyourcode]

You assume that the "fun" jobs will not be automated. That's cute.

[@yuyurtrtrt2160]

You can definitely see the cultural differences between the west and the east here. I China and the east technology is seen as helpful and people are proud. In the west people are cautious of technology and some are even luddites.

[@lostinbravado]

The truth is, absolute automation where all required work is done by robots and AI, won't really work for a capitalist system. If we give our money to companies for products/services but they don't return it in the form of jobs/wages then logically the wealth will rapidly consolidate which will kill the cycle and collapse the system. So, capitalism won't work with automation, hence our hostility to it. That said, unrefined communism and single party states are in more danger as greater wealth consolidated in the wrong officials hands could lead to the creation of a totalitarian state. A state with manufactured suffering/pain designed to bind a population. The only way is a combination of all current mainstream political systems, and significantly more global cooperation ending in a single global economy. No country is getting through this alone.

[@autowar888]

lostinbravado you must be a communist from China，but I still think you have a good thinking!

[@autowar888]

Zhaodong Cai it seems that you are not brainwashed by KZbin

[@2drealms196]

Well in an ethnically diverse place like US the ceos/corporate leadership may not feel the same social responsibility to ensure society as a whole benefits as the political and business leaders in these asian countries. Remember Asia tends to have more of a group/society mentality than in america where its more individualistic and more of a rat-race to get to the top.

[@soonny002]

There is a collective paranoia in the West about technology because they don't trust institutions or governments. In the East, people just aren't very bothered. While the US tries to bring coal jobs back, China forges on with solar power. While the US tries to bring manufacturing jobs back, China/Japan forges on with automation.

[@SteveAkaDarktimes]

the problem is that the underlying economic and social system isn't set up for this change. if we continue in the same way without adapting and innovating new organisations and priorities the social problems and unemployment rate will be monstrous.

[@RoeyRosenblith2021]

Take a look at Andrew Yang, he's running for President and has some good ideas on how we can solve this problem.

[@lasredchris]

@@RoeyRosenblith2021 the thing is I can't believe how he's the only candidate really emphasizing automation and how we need to be prepared for it

[@CuriousEarthMan]

I couldn't agree with you more!

[@peteranesu8870]

@@RoeyRosenblith2021 His friends are making the robots, he has to have the solutions.

[@FlyingMonkies325]

It's going to be don't worry, everybody is worrying but the whole global system is in the process of being overhauled to be flexible when it comes to Technology, they know that people haven't been able to even setup Laws and Regulations to do with Tech fast enough so they're fixing that because even Governments cannot stop the change happening and the acceleration of Technology how it will evolve faster and faster from hear on out.

[@marcombo01]

great documentary!!!!

[@kimokeokeahi8526]

Interviewer: "Any resistance from the workers?" Corporate guy: "No. Because they have no choice." (Sez it all, don't it?)

[@mariuspm]

not in that sense, no choice to go back.

[@RubSomefastOnIt]

its his company, He built it. He has every right to decide how to run it.

[@V0YAG3R]

How dare he run his company the way he chooses to, he should totally run it like I and the International Socialist demands it! Those workers should totally arm themselves with AK47s and commit acts of mass murder. ALLAHU AKBAR! 👌

[@InayetHadi]

Belmont Kraft communism and socialism are atheists doctrines, so I don't think they will be shouting GOD is Great.

[@Alexa27396]

D-railed, I know, I know. Now try looking at the bigger picture...

[@mattphorwich]

People get scared of something new they don't understand...I'm excited about the challenge and opportunities to step it up as humans and get smarter.

[@joeschembrie9450]

Yet we're told we can't afford a UBI. Well, who's going to be able to buy the products from your automated factories when everyone is automated out of a job?

[@brianbrewster6532]

How interesting. I said that exact same thing not long ago. To what end will this automation go? What will happen to the human race if the majority of us no longer have to work?

[@shinjaokinawa5122]

The Government will Raise Taxes to give the Unemployed an Income. Yeah No Problems there Right?

[@andriyshapovalov8886]

Watch the video again: China is SHORT on labour!

[@lawfulldick4158]

@Travis Rabble You forgot to specify ' non-white, non-American ' you natsee jurkov.

[@rajatpandey6505]

@@brianbrewster6532 when everything automated up to 90% then everything will be so cheaper. And all human will get universal basic income so that we don't have to worry about survive so humans can do n pursue what they really want to do... N human will be more skillful than ever in human history

[@r01aaliyasheikh5]

This is a wonderful, informative and insightful video about AI and what it can and will produce.

[@richierich1670]

totally agree, very responsible steps to be taken to regulate the increasing automation

[@joshuasmith7369]

Robots could be very useful in underwater salvage recovery.

[@dianedong1062]

Absolutely. I also think fire fighting and other dangerous jobs would be a good application.

[@svx94]

Steam engine - Electricity - Information -> Now is robot, a natural progression.

[@armstrongchan1417]

I have just bought a robot for home floor cleanning, it is amazing! It is 100% automation and the home floor is spotless,exceps some cornors! Can't wait to see to skynet rising! lol

[@SoulReflection2024]

Hallo wall Street Journal you are doing a great job. I need more theoretical videos on automation.

[@shaggnar2014]

For a short time I worked at FedEx and I could easily see the ways that moving packages could be completely replaced and improved by robots. The problem is that FexEx is one of the largest employers in the area, it would result in the lost of hundreds of jobs. Unlike China these people will have nowhere to go, they can get a lower payer job if they are lucky. China also has a massive advantage over the US because of their top heavy population, once the older people retire of eventually die of old age they will still have enough money in the economy to support the younger generations while being supplemented with robots. In the US we are not so lucky, our younger generations are some of the most threatened by the loss of lower and moderate skilled labor. Automation is now destroying management too, people are being replaced by robots and algorithms now and we are not doing enough to make sure they are supported.

[@michaelnurse9089]

By my estimate over the next 10 years 50% of current jobs will go. Retail, warehouse, driving, fast food, manufacturing - all gone. From there it trends towards 100% of jobs in another 40 years. If you think a doctor cannot be replaced by AI you are not paying attention. UBI is far from a guaranteed outcome - most sci-fi movies show a future where corporations own technology and people ordinary people scrape by subsistence farming worms, or something like that.

[@withastickangrywhiteman2822]

OH NO!!!!!!!!!!! Seems white nations will fall!!!! Well, Russia has a lot of resources and land. we do not need to feel panic like you Yankees.

[@ixisuprflyixi]

Michael Nurse I like the idea, of UBI but I wonder if it will be anything more than a small amount. If 50 percent of jobs go away and these people only receive the equivalent of minimum wage pay how would they live. The UBI needs to be more than a supplement, I think it needs to be a replacement. And what about entrepreneurs? In 30 years a young person won't be able to start a company likely because they cannot obtain the needed upfront capital. There are many details we need to figure out very soon.

[@abhijitjacob]

You can't join the army too as machines are replacing human soldiers too

[@withastickangrywhiteman2822]

Abhijit Jacob. We can not be workers, can not be soldiers, what can we be? Mobs? Situation will be like that, Few rich people control the entire society, can easily oppress other humans with robotic armies. And real Humans live in tents worrying about food. like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ambUhJ1qlKmJrtU

[@HaydenBacon]

Yang for President!

[@mossineyes2669]

Congratulations! God bless the sweet world!

[@somnathavhad6038]

Thank you Sir

[@markbulmer1670]

I think that robots taking on more work is fantastic so long as those gains in productivity don’t go exclusively to the fewer hands that operate the robots given that automation is way more of an issue for displacing labor than outsourcing. Nations should be excited robots are doing work. This is entirely up to the governments, what their taxation is scheme is like and how they invest those gains back into the community.

[@georgema5220]

Andrew Yang’s proposal UBI is the way to go! Yang2020

[@fmj_556]

This is wonderful!

[@brake1adam]

Impresive video... wow... the amazing technology...

[@gbat2479]

Andrew Yang 2020!!! He speaks the truth!!!

[@tvdeth]

this is where a universal basic income steps in

[@Sir_Pumpington_Of_Dumpenshire]

@Scott Kirk And, lowering your paycheck by 25% as well.

[@cesarbrown2074]

Yang gang 2020

[@toddmaek5436]

Univerasal basic income is already here, the thing you all dont realize *YET* is that *YOU* are the currency. Information age? 4th industrial revolution? Clean energy? IOT?? The advent of IPV6, Blockchain, AI, autonomy?? 5G, eventually 6 or 7G?? All that means is all of this stuff needs DATA to learn and YOU are a living breathing continuous DATA PRODUCER. So YOU are the currency and the BASIC INCOME will be YOUR DATA supplying the UNIVERSAL system. Dont believe me? Cool but just remember this comment on this video when it all finally makes sense to you.

[@tvdeth]

@@Sir_Pumpington_Of_Dumpenshire if that's all it takes?

[@Sir_Pumpington_Of_Dumpenshire]

@@tvdeth That's never all it takes. You can't be that naive

[@architecturedraft5559]

what an incredible time we live in

[@chalamraju7571]

Amazing

[@godmakoto1041]

This age excites me

[@tunnelrecords4548]

God Makoto it concerns me

[@jkarrdnd]

Unemployment 4.6 percent now that's an eye opener.

[@badutbadut2309]

Vincent Jones Believe what you want, but it tells something that it is lower. Why? Chinese people are not lazy people and I'm not even Chinese. Find me a Chinese in the U.S that is unemployed or poor.

[@obsidianstatue]

Vincent Jones why is it so hard to believe? Chinese and East Asians in general have really good work ethics, when I was a kid in China, you're told the only way to get a better life is by doing good at school and find a good job. I remember distinctly that in one of my Elementary school class the teacher told us the story about Isaac Newton, she did not mention that he was born smart and is a genius, but she emphasized that Newton became the most important scientist in human history through hard work, even though this was wrong, but it does tell you the Chinese point of view.

[@fl00fydragon]

estimates are as high as 38% for 2030 if you ask me we will have to replace the monetary model or we will end up repeating history and get a massive disenfranchised class revolting

[@jkarrdnd]

That's right on. Our future depends on economic growth hello?

[@logandemcak160]

That is only because of how unemployment questions are stated.

[@taiwomynewdawn7516]

Very informative on new ways of selling products and services

[@thomashellerud4926]

You have to start showing links to the research done by MIT so that people who are interested could easily research this topic further

[@samsalin]

God its depressing how far behind we are in the US when it comes to robotics.

[@ecop3698]

We're behind Asia in everything let's be honest.....

[@jj1111able]

digital is the future for the average worker

[@sinicapax4200]

World needs more and more robots.

[@manojkumar-ul9we]

Excellent work, congratulations yur Dream work

[@shraiwi]

0:24 *The robots look like they're eating*

[@mikeb2575]

yep, they just took a byte out of something... once they byte something 1024 times they start having kilobytes... and the ones with the biggest mouths, they have megabytes...

[@Danuxsy]

They are, humans.

[@marcosramirez573]

they are eating humans

[@LL-si3hz]

Why you do this 😱

[@mrbob9556]

lol..they work 24/7, they eat terabytes.

[@MrSaemichlaus]

"Large industrial robots that do dangerous things like WELDING" Welding is not dangerous, but humans do it imprecisely and with varying results.

[@keithhunchuk3049]

Well we humans have welded things that went to the moon and are in space right now. Welding will become more and more robotic but there will be a need for human welders well into the future. Source am a Redseal Welder with 11 years experience in oil, gas, potash, coal, forestry, agriculture, uranium, commercial city buildings and currently am in a shipyard producing ships for the Navy.

[@lil-warning]

Welding safe? Where you get that from? You are inhaling dangerous smokes, it's worse than smoking a cigarette, and I haven't touched up with grinding nor using the flaming torch or how other welders flashes me time to time damaging my eyes over time.... How you get welding safe... Maybe Tig.... nahhh Tig ain't safe still with the smoke. You could try the ventilator but it won't stop all of it. If your work place have ventilator, but most companies don't use them because it cost them money and they don't care. It's not like I can just walk out and leave man! I need the job! I need the money! And it's the only good paying job near me unless you wanna work at McDonald's for 4 hours a day.

[@patthonsirilim5739]

@@keithhunchuk3049 you are right but it will be more and more specialized as time goes on and eventfully with enough progress that to will be replace by robots.

[@pololouis1920]

True thx homie

[@joepoor5327]

amazing

[@MrDonpasqualino]

"They'll get new jobs quickly", possibly, but what happens when those other companies replace their workforce with robots too?

[@josephcharlessy2413]

Better Days new economic system is needed

[@Bekssss]

You will see money system collapse wery soon

[@1800levso]

and here we are in the U.S worrying about immigrants.

[@jmatt98]

oosveluzo levso R.I.P. Molly Tibbets

[@matthewholt2174]

well that's just more competition

[@travcat756]

You praise competition then you refuse it

[@haroldcrenshaw5630]

Its those immigrant robots ...

[@ethanwang1095]

If the goal is to build a better future, then we need to start taking care of the regional problems as it will be a much much bigger problem 50 years later.

[@Caylonix]

I agree with the statement, that it is a conscious choice we make, whether this change will be good or bad for our society. And actually, this is the case with everything.

[@tommybizaoui5241]

I have a question, I am thinking that in my business automation like this can help, how do I start the research? for example, I need a robot that will open an envelope and separate the paperwork in the envelope and the actual envelope. How does it work? who can develop the setup and everything?

[@notrandom2]

We really need to start talking about *Universal Basic Income...*

[@tilmerkan3882]

Wisakedjak Archetype in Germany it started to get serious in 2005.

[@IbangedYaMama]

Why ? So stupid people that couldn't get an education live off the money provided by the smarter people ?

[@Alexa27396]

Yayaya123, No. Because robots replacing humans *without* UBI = robots producing goods for nothing, because people don't having money cannot afford what robots produce... Nothing complicated about it really.

[@IbangedYaMama]

@@Alexa27396 Robots won't replace every jobs. They'll just replace the jobs uneducated people do. It leaves plenty of people with salaries to buy the goods.

[@Alexa27396]

Yayaya123, Good luck keeping peace in your neighborhood, when all the "uneducated" people from it will lose their job. 👍 (I have to also mention that it doesn't happen over night, it happens gradually...until one day 10 years from now you realize how much different your neighborhood/your life was 10 years ago, better that is (if you can call what we have today "good" at all...)h

[@noleftturnunstoned]

To what end? What will they manufacture once all consumers are gone?

[@usts6su19]

The potential is huge , and this could be the step for defeat underpaid and dangerous jobs , but it can also turn in a disaster , it all depends on politics and managers . I hope this will finally give humans the freedom to don't worry about primary needs and concentrate on higher jobs or/and pleasure whiteout worries .

[@jug525]

The Geopolitical Check out Andrew Yang! A presidential candidate talking about what you’re addressing

[@self-lovingloser1108]

Can't wait for UBI!

[@henrychan720]

7:28 The rest of his sentence clearly got cut out.

[@StillUp2Date]

The Internet of Things (IOTA) might even enable secure machine2machine payments in the future.

[@KungFuChess]

People are concerned with robots replacing unskilled labor but the easiest jobs to automate are skilled white collar desk jobs.

[@randerson1184]

I think we should move in the opposite direction. Have teams of four lift 1.5 ton palettes with bamboo sticks, have workers dig ditches using only spoons and do all computation by slide rule. That should keep us all pretty busy!

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

Learn about Resource Based Economy!

[@Alexa27396]

semih oguzcan, The Zeitgeist Movement, The Venus Project.

[@ShopptimusPrime]

This is why we need Andrew Yang. Yang2020

[@RICHSLYFLY]

ShopptimusPrime he dropped out

[@dawtesla]

I remember as a teen, in downtown Portland, OR., back in the late 80s there was a man on a street corner. He was tall and looked like he stepped out of the show, "Twilight Zone". He waved his hands and said, the machines are taking over, the machines are taking over! He was sounding the alarm. People looked at him like he was crazy. He was right.....

[@libertadomuertefreedomorde4069]

Amo la evolucion

[@markplain2555]

I work in the industrial world and have come to a new realisation. The growth in robotics is NOT based on AI. AI is an expensive lab idea that may some day start to make a difference in manufacturing. But TODAY, what is driving the new automation wave is simple: cheap Chinese made automation machines. Where a manufacturer would stall a decision on purchasing a $100k machine, that manufacturer will jump at a similar machine made for a mere $1k. It becomes a no brainer even if the quality of the Chinese machine isn't as great.

[@michaelnurse9089]

Um, no. These robots are using object recognition ergo AI is in play.

[@xponen]

@Mark Plain, China's robot won't necessarily bad quality, ShenZen for example is a silicon valley of Hardware (machine & electronic) of the world, if you know what that mean then you'd be impressed! Silicon valley in the US is impressive for comparison... but their edge is only on computing technology. All start-ups, even from US, now goes to ShenZen to design & manufacture electronics for their product.

[@centerbfd]

It's AI until it's common, then it's just automation. What we call AI is just the cutting edge at any given moment. What was AI is now old hat and tomorrow's AI hasn't been conceptualized yet.

[@Schradermusic]

I know chinese stuff is dirt cheap, but 1k for a manufacturing robot? Come on...

[@zayag3543]

Maybe it's because the robots are made by robots?

[@michaelsteven5194]

They should make robots to replace the CEO and the owner of the company

[@XJCsensor2024]

We are a six-axis force sensor manufacturer in Shenzhen, China, hoping to help foreign buyers.

[@unggrabb]

The most important issue of our time is taxation on production resources. Share the money automation generates to state for distribution to population

[@jatigre1]

The biggest impact is going to be truck drivers.

[@michaelnurse9089]

This year. Next year, fast food and retail.

[@MrEndzo]

Things will move faster that's great.

[@jatigre1]

Not only that, the waiting time to park at the right bay door is over... An empty can can basically drive itself away once it has been offloaded. There's no more truck drivers with poor English trying to figure it out to whom to speak with to get the BOL signed...

[@testxxxx123]

Not really, just write to legislator to ban self-driving truck, that is it.

[@quantumresonance8201]

Alex Tigre yes most of them are gonna lose their job in 10 years time

[@stormworks4882]

if anyone is worried, consider the fact that these robots break down, someone needs to repair them. so learn how to be a robot mechanic /!

[@PreciousBoxer]

You don't think robots will make better and faster mechanics than humans? Seems more than a little naive, but you never know what the future holds. Milton Friedman advocated for a comprehensive negative income tax, and I agree since today's automation is last century's mechanization.

[@stormworks4882]

robots will NEVER displace all human labor

[@zoul]

Flight Jason That's a little short as argument. The number of things people of the past thought would NEVER be achieved, or that they would have even never imagined. You can be sure of something about our past, but not about what is coming. Maybe our specy will soon be eliminated = no more jobs for humans :\

That is obvious! A few rich and powerful people will eliminate poor irrelevant people so that they can enjoy the remaining ressources on earth for more generations.

[@Alexa27396]

Meme ḍǿƗJPG, Never? Maybe. But surely to an extent and soon enough to make it not you, your children homeless...

[@dc1697]

I collect these kind of videos in one of my playlists, "botshots" , it has the pros and cons, those for, and those against ; somehow we'll work it all out.😅

[@brento2890]

Freeing the people from the repetitive, day after day, labor intensive, boring jobs, is the holy grail of the robots. Freeing humans up to work with our brains!!!!

[@heavon89]

This is why I vote for yang2020 for President. If you haven’t heard of him go check Andrew Yang and his policy out.

[@tehflooper]

His policies are dumb and made for non educated people who believe those are great ideas to solve everyone problems

[@dllaul4413]

@@tehflooper actually his policies are too complicated for dumb people to comprehend.

[@sunroad7228]

"No energy system can produce sum useful energy in excess of the total energy put into constructing it" (The Fifth Law).

[@Espen.Johannesen]

Yes. But "energy" in this context is money or expensive human labour. And the wear and tear on the humans. (In china easily replaced, tho)

[@weeday9797]

Yaskawas H welding cell is my dream set up 😍 and optons pipe bending robots

[@northerniltree]

The fact that the East is embracing robotics far more than the West is telling as to future production dominance. With AI capabilities and robotics exponentially improving this will be the greatest driver of technology well into the next generation, and beyond. It would be fortuitous for American tech firms and industry to lead in this field or we will not be the masters of this revolution but servants to it.

[@yodaco]

I for one welcome our robot overlords

[@travcat756]

There's a new world coming

[@WarlordMoA]

China's promise is to rebuild a new silk road which expands Chinese trade market and the countries within, robotics will give people more freedom of choice and demonetization of labour and world economics and full automations can be reached in three to five years, but we humans need something new and new type of welfare that can help unemployment. In the near our normal work hours which is eight must be changed to six or four hours, since there is so much wealth in this world, people can enjoy better and more leisure time. Plenty of hours to learn Tai Chi, Qigong, Wushu and other classic martial arts.

[@mafazshiyam3251]

yeah , its good for growth of industry but it will be successful when other workers are treated well, thank you

[@negueba235689]

Keep it up! I work with electronics, more robots, more work to me :)

[@j.f.fisher5318]

All major political leaders in America are totally AWOL on this issue.

[@No1More1Mr1Nice1Guy1]

dems too busy playing identity politics. reps usually longer term thinkers though

[@j.f.fisher5318]

All the GOP has anymore is identity politics. Rural white folks who refuse to integrate into the modern world and their grievances against everyone else in the country who are moving forward into the future. Meanwhile progressives are all about building a fairer, wiser world for everyone through sustainable economics that work for everyone, while reforming the corruption that is a threat to everyone's wellbeing. The closest thing to identity politics on the left these days is Black Lives Matter, but they protest black cops killing white people and white cops killing white people too - they are more about "all lives matter" than All Lives Matter is.

[@BrokenSymetry]

Muricans aren't worried by no automation. Great leader Trump is going to destroy all the robots and open a bunch of coal plants, resolving all economy problems for generations to come.

[@j.f.fisher5318]

I'm not surprised "Muricans" aren't worried about automation. 72% of Americans, on the other hand are. Guess "Muricans" are the other 28%.

[@LemuelUhuru]

Check out Andrew Yang

[@user-ri9lg7dh7c]

It's time for Resource Based Economy (The Venus Project) ! ! !

[@aminzar446]

*yes*

[@katharmukesh]

Thanks for Great content even Though, I work were company has replaced fitters with Machinery and by Det's & soon it's gone with Robots.

[@830jps]

It's great that robots do the work, that's why we make them to make our lives easier, no need for jobs in the future, everything is automated and everyone gets the same income. Work will be available to those who want more and are willing to work for it.

[@SurvivalSquirrel]

They should invent robots that can buy stuff, because people cant at some point in the future!

[@j.j.s.jr.5136]

Alexa is already doing that for people... Lol

[@DM-ie9pm]

SurvivalSquirrel ..perfect

[@antoineforet9831]

Are you really sure? It seems to be the opposite non offence but I m sure you buy much more than your grand father

[@vijayjagpaul459]

While Radio Shack went to the size of a mushroom.

[@ArturVegas]

you've made a great video!

[@galacticvortex6113]

i love how the cut his response away at 7:29 w

[@David-135]

Galactic Vortex Exactly where ever you are who ever are you have no choice. You have to go where ever the ride takes you.

[@blzahz7633]

Yea, I wonder what was the full response, I bet it wasn't as bad as it was made to sound.