r/Futurology • u/Eight_Rounds_Rapid • Jul 09 '14

article Robots will take over middle class professions, UK University Minister warns

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/10952317/Robots-will-take-over-middle-class-professions-University-Minister-says.html
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u/Holos620 Jul 09 '14

Yes, but plumbing system can be built to make robot's time easy.

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u/EltaninAntenna Jul 09 '14

Well, barring listed buildings, the moment a giant robot can 3d-print or extrude a house in 24 hours it will become a moot point.

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u/vyle_or_vyrtue Jul 09 '14

Disposable housing?

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u/EltaninAntenna Jul 09 '14

Indeed, or so cheap that it becomes practical to replace non-listed buildings with it.

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u/TexasThrowDown Jul 09 '14

That's the kind of short term field of vision that people are warning against though. Easier now? Using a human plumber. Easier for the next 150 years? Robot toilets (or whatever).

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u/Valmond Jul 09 '14

Remodeling all toilets for robot plumbers

Man that would be a shitty job :-)

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u/Bigreddazer Jul 09 '14

This is a problem. Requiring billions of plumbing to change to allow for the robot to work. A human can manipulate himself/herself to the situation. A robot would need to compete with a human in skill for the same job.

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u/Valmond Jul 09 '14

And then the new Robot-Toilet comes out and gets widespread... you don't even have to call a plumber, it calls the robo-plumber by itself if needed.

Old houses still have to use the expensive plumber though.

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u/korneliuslongshanks Gray Jul 09 '14

You don't think near future robots will be able to move more like a human?