It’s depressing that bulls**t like this is still allowed to go unchallenged. When in the history of capitalism do companies, out of the goodness of their heart, find better paying jobs for workers they don’t need any more?
The only way CEOs call sell this shiny happy future of jobs being automated away, is to be allowed to get away with lies like this. It’s long past the point our politics deals with the reality of automation by AI/robots. It’s already happening, and it’s only going to accelerate.
Humanoid robots will take over factory jobs within 5 years, Xiaomi CEO says
Wall-E is unironically a fantastic design for a self maintaining robot, and it’s sad that Disney’s ownership makes us unlikely to get one in the foreseeable future (not a plastic toy version)
It even talks in beep boop language to avoid seeming too human, unlike the direction big tech seems to be planning for most robot stuff
I like the robo simian where every limb can act as foot or hand. so move like a dog but stand and do things like a human but grab and hang and manipulate things near the ground and stabilize with three limb when needing high stability.