Robot cost money for maintenance, fuel, and upgrades. Humans take care of all of that themselves and can be made to work harder (upgrade performance) without expensive software, just cheap abuse.
Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Damn, you’d think that with such advanced technology, they could just automate that job and have the workers move to doing something that isn’t a dehumanizing slog.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Robots are expensive to buy, program, and set up. Energy cost and maintenance is cheap.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
Still more expensive than a human counterpart, which is the point.
the_q@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Suffering is the point.
InputZero@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I hate to tell you this but that’s not how it works. The people who used to paint cars as they come off the production line aren’t creating interesting patterns for automation to paint on a car. There are just no production car painters anymore. Automating a job away doesn’t free the human up to actualize their life goals, it eliminates their income and makes their lives more precarious.
4am@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Automating a job away doesn’t free the human up to actualize their life goals, it eliminates their income and makes their lives more precarious.
Under capitalism
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The system we currently have yes.
Typhoon@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
This. Automation doesn’t improve the lives of the workers. It improves the wealth of the owners.
Soggy@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Seize the means etc.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
Only under a capitalist economy.
arin@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Data recorded for training
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
No mention of the basic yet?
Camera + software = cheap;
Robot (hardware) = expensive
roofuskit@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Humans are disposable, robots are expensive and require more expensive humans to maintain.
bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
Humans are very expensive. They are just a highly subsidized resource for capital to exploit.