EVs?.... doesnt make sense.

Originally posted by pintohoo: ↑

agree - the big one I'm waiting for is the humanlike robot - a perfect copy

that within 50 years I would say would be 99.999999999999% certain - it may be inside 6 years - we really don't need much to fall into place there - some umph in computing power and it's probably game over at a guess

to me - that's a total gamechanger - indeed, one has to redefine gamechanger.

Sure self drives, EV's - yes, they are an evolution that will be a transport industry revolution -

but, that's only one part of our lives -

imagine having one or a couple of personal robots --

24/7 slaves that need nil barring about 30 cents of electricity a day --

it won't just change kitchen duty, it won't just change what happens in the bedroom - it will totally transform the workplace -

because if we can have one in the house ----------- business can have 20 of them ------------ game over for social change.

I have absolutely no idea how we are going to handle it - but, I sure hope that someone is thinking about how to handle the social changes now - because when that key goes in the lock ----------- and in the lock - it will go - and when it goes ---------- IMO - the rollout will be absolutely stunning in speed

my guess is that during the same period -- that things like nuralink will be realities and stretching out far further than brain injury patients - Musk ??? I think was thinking only 5 or 10 years away -

now, if we combine that WITH personal robots - what we have is tech that can be given flawless messaging from humans ------- meaning that - basically, they could be trained for whatever concepts we want ----- far far far quicker than talking or writing and certainly writing code

the thing is that these things are really almost within reach now -- even without things like Quantum computers - which puts us not in game over mode - but, game over mode in turbo redefined --------- even without that - we have Nvidia saying they expect a ?? I think it was 100 fold increase in computer power by ---------- 2025 ----------- 3 and a half years away -

that probably puts us over the line for humanlike robots at a guess

SCOMO and all the other national daddies better start thinking about the changes all this stuff is going to bring in -------------- quickly -

because if they think that EV's are coming and might need a bit of thought to adjust to -----------------man - think what that human robot is going to change

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I share your enthusiasm though perhaps mine is tinged with caution.

imo, this issue must be treated with respect to human needs as well as economics. Sure it'll be a load of stress off when the Universal basic income is introduced but that'll be only affordable once the mechanics of the transition reach at least 50% saturation and the savings really start to kick in...

In the interim decade or two there'll be quite an industrial relations upheaval as unemployment starts to rocket and entrepreneurship dies out after all the great small businesses are now designed by AI robots and all the inventions humans create are superseded by AI jobs which are more effective and efficient. corporate taxes will also have to increase to pay for the unemployed or pensioners and health care.

I don't see this bill being easy to pass in the Lower House, do you?

No, imo, there'll be serious Govt legislation to slow the uptake of robotics eventually.

Right now we seem to riding the beginning of a great wave on a magnificent surfboard. a 5 metre wave building behind us and if we ride it carefully we can have the best ride of our lives.

but sex slave bots are sure to come available in around 5-10 years ..... no worries mate, they can cook too y'know ;-)