4.26.2006

 

Robots answer to immigration?

Robots answer to immigration?: "Can robots do the dirty work most Americans don't want to do and meet some of the low-wage labor shortage facing the United States? Or better still, could robotic technology be part of the solution to the immigration conundrum that is facing the nation? "

The answer to the question is "yes."

The timeframe is: "about 20 years."

The next question is: "these robots will cause unemployment for approximately 50 million low-skill workers. What happens to them?"

See Robotic Nation for details.

Comments:
In the fast approaching Cybernetic Economy, robots can certainly do the work now performed by eleven million illegal immigrants, but the main question is, Who will own the vast army of intelligent robots? I would like to see the robots-as-persons having total ownership of themselves-as-persons. During the Joint Stewardship of Earth, robots will do the hardest work and will create wealth for a joint society of humans and robots. Or am I wrong?
 
Epochs have come and gone when societies could have enjoyed peaceful prosperity for all at the standard of the day, few if any ever did.

What makes us think that our contemporary opportunity will be siezed upon?
 
You are not replacing cheap Mexican, Chinese or (insert emerging 3rd world economy) labor any time soon. People are STILL and will remain the "robot of choice" for cheap labor for a long time. 30 years minimum for a significant number of workers to be displaced. Trust me, this segment of the labor market would rather destroy businesses than be displaced entirely in the near term.
 
re braxton perry:

Would this be similar in your mind to slaves breaking their simple hand implements to get out of labor, or more directly Luddite-ism to protect jobs? Is the complexity of the machine the issue here or does this destructive behavior recur across all times and ages? What I'm seeking to find is if this is specifically an "anti-robot" mentality, or if that is asking too much of the workers.
 
Braxton, if you try to implement labor saving devices too quickly... you can expect more destruction. Not by me, but by the disaffected, displaced and pissed off workers. There is a coming labor war...
 
In other news:

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/
04/27/dasatech_genibo_robodog/

C'mon guys... I'm not even trying and I'm putting up more links to stories than RNE.

(By the way, copy both lines of the link and remove the space to use the above URL)
 
i read robotic nation and have a few comments. First of all, collectively aggreeing to transition into a robotic nation with the intent of keeping costs down while getting rid of unwanted jobs by humans is a bad idea. Robots flying airplanes. Robots selling us burgers. Robots scrubbing our floors. Huh? I've never heard of robots taxiing the aircraft to parking areas, we have the autopilots for flying, yes, not for taxiing. U would argue that it is just a matter of time. In a way, you describe things as our own plotted demise such as depicted from movies like "i, robot" or Terminator...:)
 
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