Amazon's humanoid warehouse robots will eventually cost only $3 per hour to operate. That won't calm workers' fears of being replaced.
www.businessinsider.com
The robot's human-like shape is bound to reignite workers' fears of being replaced, but Amazon says they're designed to "work collaboratively."
  • CanadaPlus@futurology.today
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    11 months ago

    Okay, modern agriculture then. Before industrialisation, 98% of people worked in agriculture as basically peasants. Now it’s pretty much exactly the opposite, with 2% working in something related.

    I agree AI could be a major problem if it gets even a little bit better. This specific story isn’t an example though.