For manual tasks, humans are rapidly on the way to becoming obsolete and Google subsidiary Boston Dynamics is leading the way:
While many fear the humanization of robots, I believe they provide an opportunity to solve many socio-economic and environmental problems.
First, they get rid of the need for people to do manual labor so there's no reason to increase the population (or use immigration) to have a supply of workers.
Secondly, they don't need food, housing, transportation, or water so there's much less environmental impact and most of the problems associated with human population will disappear. Imagine this happening in California: Less traffic on the streets and freeways, no more water shortages, reduced garbage and solid waste, and the cost of housing and real estate will drop like a rock.
By the way, I'm not worried about robots threating my livelihood because part of my occupation has been to increase productivity through various types of automation.
As replies to this topic come in, I'll tell you more about how robotics will directly benefit me and I also have a clever story about competing for employment.
While many fear the humanization of robots, I believe they provide an opportunity to solve many socio-economic and environmental problems.
First, they get rid of the need for people to do manual labor so there's no reason to increase the population (or use immigration) to have a supply of workers.
Secondly, they don't need food, housing, transportation, or water so there's much less environmental impact and most of the problems associated with human population will disappear. Imagine this happening in California: Less traffic on the streets and freeways, no more water shortages, reduced garbage and solid waste, and the cost of housing and real estate will drop like a rock.
By the way, I'm not worried about robots threating my livelihood because part of my occupation has been to increase productivity through various types of automation.
As replies to this topic come in, I'll tell you more about how robotics will directly benefit me and I also have a clever story about competing for employment.