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[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

the best argument for humanoid robots i've heard is that you don't need to change the environment that they will be working in, they can just be slotted in where a human once was and take over the work

[–] TommyCatkins@hexbear.net 3 points 9 hours ago

Or you can just hire a housekeeper to fold your towels rather than spend $800,000 on a robot every 5 years to do it

[–] 389aaa@hexbear.net 16 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Yeah, if they execute that idea successfully they could massively massively reduce the infrastructural costs of rolling these out.

If. But I don't think it's impossible.