Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoRobot baristas and AI chefs caused a stir at CES 2024 as casino union workers fear for their jobsabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down18
arrow-up1262arrow-down1external-linkRobot baristas and AI chefs caused a stir at CES 2024 as casino union workers fear for their jobsabcnews.go.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoThe problem is that humans are really bad at caring for unproductive people. If you use wealth generated by natural resources as a proxy for wealth generated by robot labor, humans have a bad record of distributing the material wealth.
minus-squareisles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 months ago humans are really bad at caring for unproductive people. That’s a current, not fundamental, observation.
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoOn the family level, you see some supporting of other family members. However, it becomes a lot harder as you go beyond people’s immediate kin.
The problem is that humans are really bad at caring for unproductive people. If you use wealth generated by natural resources as a proxy for wealth generated by robot labor, humans have a bad record of distributing the material wealth.
That’s a current, not fundamental, observation.
On the family level, you see some supporting of other family members. However, it becomes a lot harder as you go beyond people’s immediate kin.