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Honda made an airport robot to handle all the boring, repetitive tasks - The Verge
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this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2023
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Remember folks, most jobs are lost due to automation like this. These robots won't be paying taxes or simulating the economy.
Yeah bring back telephone operators too while we're at it! No one should ever lose a job! Jobs are a person's whole life and they should get to do it even if something else could do it better!
/s
It’s tiring when automation is repeatedly blamed for the failures of capitalism. Yes, this might take away jobs. That should be a good thing. It’s only a problem because our economic system doesn’t value human life and only values human labor.
Unions will say that without the /s
Economics say that technological advances hurt those displaced for a short period of time but the entire rest of the economy improves and the displaced people are smart enough to find other jobs in the new economy with higher standard of living...
Unless the value created never makes it back to the economy...
> value created never makes it back to the economy, shareholders celebrate profit highs
I once wrote some software that replaced almost an entire accounting department. No bonuses were paid, no salaries increased for the few remaining people, it just went into the shareholders pockets. The company was already very profitable before this.
Just think of all the horse trainers that will be displaced by the invention of cars! Those cars won't be paying taxes, that's for sure.
Cars aren't automation, but you already know that. And despite what Elon says, they still require a driver to be operated (although that will probably change soon and remove 15% of jobs in the process). I'm not saying all advances in technology are bad. But things that will replace entire workforces, like how this will replace ground crews, have a negative affect.
Cars absolutely are automation. They put stable workers out of jobs. No more horses to feed, no more stalls to much out. A single gas station attendant can serve hundreds of cars a week. Entire workforces were replaced with the adoption of cars.
Stopping automation is not the solution. Universal Basic Income is the solution.
It won't replace entire ground crews, because the machines will break down. You'll need someone to service them, and a small team to act in case there are no backups.