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America’s Bridges, Factories and Highways Are in Dire Need of Repairs. Bring in the Robots. (www.wsj.com)
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[–] Lugh 2 points 1 year ago

Bring in people to fix them.

The problem from now on is that robots will do things cheaper and better. When robo-taxis are widespread, who will want a $20 fare with a human driver, when the robo-taxi fare is $5.

At some point, we'll have to reorganize how we support people, and pay for things. The day is coming AI & robots will be able to do most work cheaper than humans.