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Champp

(2,114 posts)
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 11:14 AM Aug 2021

Robots shall not replace us

Whoops, then again, maybe they will.

Elon Musk announces the Tesla Bot,
a humanoid, AI robot worker


August 19, 2021

"At Tesla's AI Day presentation, Elon Musk has revealed that the company is working on its own AI-driven humanoid robot. According to Musk, the Tesla Bot is designed to "navigate through a world built for humans, and eliminate dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks..."

Link: https://newatlas.com/robotics/tesla-bot-robot/?utm_source=New+Atlas+Subscribers&utm_campaign=b5bd6fdeec-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_08_20_01_41&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-b5bd6fdeec-92726425

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Robots shall not replace us (Original Post) Champp Aug 2021 OP
There's a huge shortage of computer chips at the moment Wicked Blue Aug 2021 #1
Wont replace everyone. honest.abe Aug 2021 #2
There's better stuff for people to do. David__77 Aug 2021 #3
If a robot can do it, it's probably a shitty job. lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #4
And "hydraulic fluid and micro processors" doesn't ... Whiskeytide Aug 2021 #5
"Eat my circuit girdle." - BartSymson Champp Aug 2021 #6
And when AI determines that humans are destroying all that is good on the planet? marie999 Aug 2021 #7

honest.abe

(8,614 posts)
2. Wont replace everyone.
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 11:30 AM
Aug 2021

Will need millions of humans to design, build, maintain the army of robots doing all the repetitive labor.

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