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  • Brujah
    Beer Money Baron
    • Jan 2001
    • 22157
    #1

    Robotic age

    The McCormick Reaper, Romney said, "was able to do the work of 70 men in agriculture, 70 people could be replaced by one machine. By virtue of that innovation and others like it, agriculture did no longer require the entire population to feed the population. And so people could move to cities, begin the Industrial Age and change the world."
    http://www.npr.org/2012/05/22/153264...obot-president

    Labor-saving devices continue to proliferate. In Japan, for instance, the Fanuc Corp. operates a factory in which robots build other robots. It's called "lights out" manufacturing because no lighting is needed in the factory.
    What will happen in the (near?) future when most of the world's jobs are all robotic and people aren't needed to work but will still require a living? Are there any interesting philosophies?
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    • alias
      aliasx
      • Apr 2001
      • 19010
      #2
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        • Brujah
          Beer Money Baron
          • Jan 2001
          • 22157
          #3
          Originally posted by alias
          lol, you'll still need tons of consumers... but they'll need to make money somehow.

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            • Sly
              Let's do some business!
              • Sep 2004
              • 31380
              #4
              This same conversation was hashed out over and over before every revolution. And yet we are still here.
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                • Brujah
                  Beer Money Baron
                  • Jan 2001
                  • 22157
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Sly
                  This same conversation was hashed out over and over before every revolution. And yet we are still here.
                  I wasn't there, so what were some of the interesting philosophies about a future world where few people are needed to actually labor?

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                    • DK
                      Confirmed User
                      • Nov 2001
                      • 1273
                      #6
                      "And on the seventh day, the Machine pressed stop..."
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                        • DK
                          Confirmed User
                          • Nov 2001
                          • 1273
                          #7
                          I would say someone has to build, program, operate (in some cases) and maintain the machines but machines can do that lol
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                            • Brujah
                              Beer Money Baron
                              • Jan 2001
                              • 22157
                              #8
                              It may not happen in our lifetime, but I do think there will be a time where most if not all labor is no longer done by humans. I like to read stuff by theoretical physicists like Michio Kaku, so I'm looking for futurists on his level too, other than Ray Kurzweil.

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                                • Dead
                                  They left the door open
                                  • Apr 2003
                                  • 4752
                                  #9
                                  As long as the market wants "custom built" there will always be a need for SKILLED labor and a living can be made by said craftsman. But I do agree, fast food workers will be trying to find their calling, as these type of jobs will become a memory.

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