The head was never found
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2025
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the robot got stolen
Like Marty in the grocery store, a waste of space. Get out of my way, Marty!
They are trying to solve last-mile delivery problem
They are wasting tax payer dollars
Tax payer dollars? Also, why waste? It might pay off with more efficient and cost effective delivery. R&D is never a waste. You can't tell if something will work if you haven't tried.
Why is everyone here so negative about this? This is pretty cool!
Presumably because it's Amazon doing it. It is quite reasonable to have a general level of distaste and suspicion for tha company
Because I've seen this movie before, and it did not turn out well for the humans.
Technological unemployment is only going to get worse without a plan to support the people being replaced by automation. They can't just 'get another job'. As long as the benefits of this stuff only goes to shareholders, it can fuck off.
The solution is UBI
And the sooner the better.
It's called structural change. And I don't see why it's a bad thing. We would still be plowing our fields with ox and cart if we had denied every technological unemployment in the past.
Delivery jobs are the most ungrateful and exhausting low-paying jobs. And you want humans to keep doing them for the rest of mankind's future? Pretty grim future in my opinion.
It's not that we don't want robots doing it - honestly that'd be pretty cool. It's that we want to be sure the people that are being replaced are being taken care of.
I imagine a post-scarcity world where all basic needs are met for everyone on the planet without question, and with minimal need for human labour, and that more as technical overseers. People would be free to work as much or as little as they want at whatever they want for their own betterment, or the betterment of the world, or do nothing at all if they want, or whatever. Is that too much to ask?
No. I don't want them to starve when they get replaced by robots, which is the current plan, apparently.
Well if you're ignorant enough to think things will stay the same for the rest of your life while digitalization is ramping up... With all respect, who's at fault here?! Just diversify and find different avenues.
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