replying to Ignoramus19840 , passerby wrote:
ignoramus19840 wrote:
And the ruling class will be shrinking, with its lower rungs becoming
underclass.


I'm not sure exactly what you've been saying specifically about robotics all
these years but this is nothing new - open any trade journal from the 80-s,
they are full of doom and gloom predictions about robots taking over. Well,
that and the robotics magazines full of elation about good times coming for
whoever was smart enough to get on the robotics bandwagon early enough. 30
years later and neither view quite materialized.

James Cameron didn't pull the Terminator idea out of thin air- it was the
prevailing "common sense" back then, robots were supposed to take over. Makes
you wonder why they didn't... The suckers require a lot of *manual* work to
get and then keep them going. If there's really anything like a true
resurgence of the robotics enthusiasm of the 80s, it means more jobs, not
less. Good paying jobs, too. Manufacturing, sales, installation, programming,
maintenance, repair - robots need a lot of work only (trained) humans can do!

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