I cannot conceive of a task where a humanoid robot would be better suited than just a robot built for the task without trying to mimic a human form.
Minimal investment. A purpose-built robotic production line is incredibly expensive and can onl- do what it was designed for. Theoretically, using these robots requires no alterations to the existing facilities, allowing mercedes to trial them with very low risk and comparably low losses if things don’t work out.
wouldnt it make more sense to do a trial that tests their supposed advantages over purpose built robots rather than one which decidedly does not
“Low skill” tasks, huh? So I guess they’ll be replacing the CEOs first, eh?
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Mercedes also better support UBI so that these workers who will lose their jobs to automation don’t starve to death.
Governments should push UBI, not corporations like Mercedes
and for people to be able to actually buy their garbage too.
They make realls nice cars to their credit
Unless they are forced to care about their workers, they won’t. There is no profitablity to caring about what they see as expenses.
also had* better support
Make the robots have planned obsolescence and see how they feel about it.
This really sucks for many disabled people who rely on ‘low skill, repetitive’ jobs to survive. I hope Mercedes addresses this (I doubt, given how capitalists hate disabled people).
