#robotics #economy #automation
#robotics #economy #automation
Originally shared by Alex P
the future of farming:)
One more reason why robotics research (and science in general) is amazing. :) Having humans do these automatic exhausting tasks for 8-12 hours a day is a waste of human potential and harmful to human health too, these workers get sun burns, etc. Computers were slow first, nowadays they are a million times faster. Imagine how much faster than human pickers these robots will become! :) Maybe 10 times!
What about the jobs lost? Well, to make robots we need far more than robot designers, we need factories that make parts for robot factories, factories that make materials for robot parts, factories and robots that recycle materials to be used for new robots, etc... you need a whole industry. We need robot maintenance, robot repair, etc - so these will be new jobs. Hundreds of human made or hand made industries were replaced by automation last 100 years and unemployment is still the same. :) The only thing that changed last 100 years is that we work less every week, have higher standard of living, live longer. As tech advances, robots will do a lot of the work and we will have more time to research other dimensions, meditate, take care of our health, bring world peace. :)
These robotic farming technologies are transition technologies, in the far future humans will not eat, due to nanobots allowing us to live on energy - as Nikola Tesla predicted - recycling nutrients. Humans will enjoy longer lives of 7 centuries at least one day too. In the nearer future powder shakes will all nutrients needed will replace conventional food - but even that is far off.
That's why it would be nice if instead of so much warfare, we would use our trillions for medicine, science, robotics, etc. :)
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