Robots are taking over our jobs… did folks who work is sewers make good money because it wasn’t a pleasant job?
Poop Drones Are Keeping Sewers Running So Humans Don't Have to
Submitted 11 months ago by Thomas2024@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.wired.com/story/poop-drones-are-keeping-sewers-running-so-humans-dont-have-to/
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aceshigh@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Who services the poop drones I ask you…
Some unlucky roboticist is stuck cleaning poop off treads, testing sensors and resoldering connections while wearing gloves.
j0ester@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The same people who cleans the mess from those adult videos and the confetti from AGT/BGT.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Surely just throw it in the dishwasher
MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They need to make mining drones mandatory, too. Humans have no business being in holes. They are not their holes, they do not belong in them.
I’m looking at you, spelunkers.Demdaru@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Humans have no business being in holes
Thus, sex became forbidden, and humanity declined, with last generation asking their ancestors why would they impose such harsh ban upon them shortly before extinction.
Flameshark@lemm.ee 11 months ago
The bots yearn for the mines
Saleh@feddit.org 11 months ago
Why are you flying the drones though? Just give them wheels and call them robots.
Costs less, is easier to operate, uses less energy, can be used in smaller spaces…
Texas_Hangover@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Or you could read the article. Wheels ain’t gonna work down there bro.
Saleh@feddit.org 11 months ago
There is no mention why wheels wouldnt work.
They only mention that flying is difficult because of confined space and changing airflows.
psyvibe@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Sewer drone found footage could make a great horror movie.
j0ester@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Please don’t give Hollywood any ideas… like the Blair witch project.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
This is honestly such an uplifting news that gives me hope for the future.
Prefer this over stories like a 10 year old that raised money to make up for lack of health care or some dystopian thing like that.
DancingBear@midwest.social 11 months ago
Ten year olds operate the drones 👀
El_Azulito@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Well, that’s a brand new sentence.
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“What is my purpose?”
b3an@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“You clean poop chutes.”
Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
“NOT LIKE THAT! NOT LIKE THAT!”
Telorand@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Cue the worship of the “Master” that sends them holy shit a la “Reason” by Isaac Asimov.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Lmao, they outsourced pooping to drones.
And I was doing it for free too.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So much for Mike Rowes dirty jobs.
(Jk, those things were always a load of shit anyway.)
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
eh…
mike rowe’s full of shit. don’t think for a moment any of those jobs were made up though.
Man now I miss cash cab…
Ledericas@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I remember he was shilling for trump after he won his first term, he was trying to play it off “it’s not that bad” that he got voted.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s basically like saying “illegal immigrants” aren’t made up for Trump. Like, obviously people coming into the country illegally exist, but the dude was just making shit up when it came to the actual numbers.
billwashere@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Two words I never thought I’d see together… poop drone.
MeatPilot@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Well I’m glad it’s this and not a drone made of poop.
billwashere@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Why do I believe if Mythbusters was still on the air they’d actually try this.
tauren@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Honestly I though somebody was using drones to throw shit at people below.
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Remind me of that James Bond scene m.youtube.com/watch?v=9h1zn7l86HA
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Now, the drone-captured data is sent off to contractors at SewerAI, who run it through their AI-assisted algorithms to identify defects automatically.
Now this is the kind of AI shit (pun intended) I can get behind (pun even more intended).
Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 11 months ago
One job that we can happily hand over to robots
MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al 11 months ago
Sounds like a shitty job.
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Yeah I’m sure he regrets quitting his job to pass butter
resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 11 months ago
AI is great at doing shitty jobs.
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
And hwyrw shitty at doing great jobs
unphazed@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I almost beat Sewer Shark. I was made for this!