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Alphane Moon lemmy.world Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world
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PennyRoyal sh.itjust.works PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works
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We need emp guns now more than ever, clearly

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☂️- lemmy.ml umbrella@lemmy.ml
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qyron sopuli.xyz qyron@sopuli.xyz
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We need emp guns now more than ever, clearly

What kind of systems are these machines supposed to be carrying?

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itkovian lemmy.world itkovian@lemmy.world
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What kind of systems are these machines supposed to be carrying?

AI, I am sure.

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org lemmy.org org@lemmy.org
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But you’re cool with all the robot advancements in China who are taking labor jobs?

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☂️- lemmy.ml umbrella@lemmy.ml
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But you’re cool with all the robot advancements in China who are taking labor jobs?
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Bakkoda lemmy.world Bakkoda@lemmy.world
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But you’re cool with all the robot advancements in China who are taking labor jobs?

I cast: Strawman!

It's not effective at all.

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Diplomjodler lemmy.world Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-08
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AI, I am sure.

They need to build more data centers to control the robots that guard the data centers.

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frunch lemmy.world frunch@lemmy.world
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But you’re cool with all the robot advancements in China who are taking labor jobs?

Where did they say that?

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qyron sopuli.xyz qyron@sopuli.xyz
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AI, I am sure.

Okay, that was on me.

What kind of hardware systems will these robots carry? Will those be weaponized or just equipped with surveillance and alarm suites?

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qyron sopuli.xyz qyron@sopuli.xyz
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They need to build more data centers to control the robots that guard the data centers.

It's the loophole.

"Just one more ultra-hyper-mega-super-sophisticated datacenter! One more! Then everything will be fine. Perfect!”

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SubArcticTundra lemmy.ml SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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It's here guys! Spot used for hostile purposes

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demlet lemmy.world demlet@lemmy.world
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We all know those "cute" Boston Dynamics robots are going to be murdering people eventually, let's face it.

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renegadespork lemmy.jelliefrontier.net renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net
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We really are trying to Horizon Zero Dawn ourselves, huh?

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Optional lemmy.world homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world
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Let’s just nip this in the bud right now. There is nothing dog about these rattle droids.

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org lemmy.org org@lemmy.org
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I’m asking you specifically to compare your opinion of the recent robot production in China to this. Robots doing people’s jobs in manual labor.

I had a conversation with Yogthos about this and he was 1000% in favor of robots and AI taking over the jobs of humans. And since he’s a very very vocal member of your community, I’m curious how… aligned… all of you are.

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☂️- lemmy.ml umbrella@lemmy.ml
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I’m asking you specifically to compare your opinion of the recent robot production in China to this. Robots doing people’s jobs in manual labor. I had a conversation with Yogthos about this and he was 1000% in favor of robots and AI taking over the jobs of humans. And since he’s a very very vocal member of your community, I’m curious how… aligned… all of you are.
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org lemmy.org org@lemmy.org
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Do you think that’s the direction the world will go?

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TrackinDaKraken lemmy.world DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
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No one is going to hesitate to blast a robot, even an actual dog would have a better chance against a determined attacker.

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ThomasWilliams lemmy.world ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world
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For operators managing multimillion-dollar server farms, the economics are compelling: a single human guard can cost around $150,000 per year, factoring in benefits and shifts. Robots, by contrast, draw power rather than paychecks.

They also require maintenance and have a 30% duty cycle.

"Machines never need a rest, get sick or take a break"

Confidently said by someone who has never worked in a factory.

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discocactus lemmy.world discocactus@lemmy.world
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We really are trying to Horizon Zero Dawn ourselves, huh?

More like Arc Raiders but ya

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Jankatarch lemmy.world Jankatarch@lemmy.world
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For operators managing multimillion-dollar server farms, the economics are compelling: a single human guard can cost around $150,000 per year, factoring in benefits and shifts. Robots, by contrast, draw power rather than paychecks. They also require maintenance and have a 30% duty cycle. "Machines never need a rest, get sick or take a break" Confidently said by someone who has never worked in a...

"Machines never need rest, get sick, or take a break. And my reference of machines is the phone that I replace every 6 months for the newer model."

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