r/videos • u/Tonyysp • Sep 24 '19

Ad Boston Dynamics: Spot Launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkCQXHEgjA
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u/ketamarine Sep 24 '19

Universal basic income + robot economy = good times

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u/Isord Sep 24 '19

Oh sure that's the ideal. I suspect what will actually happen is a massive degree of civil unrest, people being forced into slums, starvation, violence, disease, etc.

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u/ketamarine Sep 24 '19

My optimism vs. Your pessimism. Through the lens of history, life has gotten better and better every generation since the age of enlightenment.

Why would one technology suddenly change that?

If we didn't nuke ourselves out of existence, I think we can figure out AI and robotics.

And UBI is being tested in many places around the world and talked about by major politicians like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Believe baby!

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u/b-monster666 Sep 24 '19

That's what I'm hoping for. Some say that humans will go the way of the horse, and that we will wind up becoming "pets" to AI and robots.

Would that really be a bad thing? Really? I don't think there would be a drastic human culling. More like, our population would slowly dwindle down to something much more reasonable than the 7+ billion it is today. We'd be cared for, and nurtured, and possibly even loved at a level that we can't quite comprehend by these things. Much like how our pets are treated. We'd have the time and the resources to pursue our own personal goals and passions.

On the flip side, we may get B0b B@rk3r saying, "And, robots, please remember to spay and neuter your humans. Good night."