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The disruption of labor by humanoid robots (www.rethinkx.com)

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Analysis of why and how humanoid robots will displace human physical labour.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

how these robots probably will be used for military purposes as well.

Yes, and not to mention what non-state actors will be able to do with this technology. I'm sure there will be a day in the future when a terrorist attack is carried out by hacked robots.

Despite all that I'm an optimist. I think reducing things like medical expertise to near zero cost will be such a huge boon to humanity, and I suspect most of this robotics power will be relatively decentralized. I don't really believe in dystopian narratives where corporate overlords own the world and the rest of us are reduced to serfs.