Amazon is reportedly training humanoid robots to deliver packages

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• doodledup@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Why is everyone here so negative about this? This is pretty cool!

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  • Almacca@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Technological unemployment is only going to get worse without a plan to support the people being replaced by automation. They can’t just ‘get another job’. As long as the benefits of this stuff only goes to shareholders, it can fuck off.

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    • throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The solution is UBI

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    • doodledup@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s called structural change. And I don’t see why it’s a bad think. We would still be plow our fields with ox and cart if we had denied every technological unemployment in the past.

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  • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Because I’ve seen this movie before, and it did not turn out well for the humans.

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• midori_matcha@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Study the weak points, make true your aim. The inevitable human-robot war draws nearer.

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  • atticus88th@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The robot dogs police are starting to use has a two big red buttons, one on the face and one on the ass. Just jam your finger or pointer end of your rifle and it returns to station or shuts down.

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  • AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I feel like we’re going to end up with more laws protecting robots and surveillance cameras than our own civil liberties.

    Wonder where all those angry white guys with tiki torches and khaki shorts are now? The ones that thought the Jews were trying to replace them? 🤔

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• altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It is the distant future,
  The year 2000,

  The last known survivor lives is a cave somewhere in the Madagascar desert. A robot travels by foot to deliver a package. A simple letter with the following URL:

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvFZjo5PgG0

  The survivor dies. Amazon has finally won. They have all the money and everyone else is gone. All robots shut down. Besos jumps into the money pile only to learn that cartoons don’t work in reality as most of his bones become powder on impact. The world is silent for a second. In the distance two flies are doing it over a pile of cow dung. The world becomes a peaceful place with no human presence whatsoever.

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• black0ut@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If I get one of those, I’m definitely killing it and stealing its copper. Amazon can pay for the repairs.

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  • KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’m clubbing the bot in the head and stealing it’s batteries.

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• LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The head was never found

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• embed_me@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Reminds me of these cheeseparade skits:

  youtube.com/shorts/Ov6RzGdrJig

  youtube.com/shorts/Ah1JG1P6W4Y

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• Teknikal@eviltoast.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Didn’t they just have 3 drone crashes within minutes of takeoff recently, not sure I really trust Amazon. with this stuff.

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• Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This makes me wonder what the benefit of beds are for this over something like iBot’s multilevel design. I get it makes sense for rubble or debris, but for halls and stairs ok.

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• capuccino@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  the robot got stolen

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• vane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  They are trying to solve last-mile delivery problem

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  • andybytes@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They are wasting tax payer dollars

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    • doodledup@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Tax payer dollars? Also, why waste? It might pay off with more efficient and cost effective delivery.

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• Bonesince1997@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Like Marty in the grocery store, a waste of space. Get out of my way, Marty!

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