Robotic China... the end to cheap labor jobs?

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Re: Robotic China... the end to cheap labor jobs?

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Back on topic again . . . . :popcorn:


Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics"

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

In later books, a zeroth law was introduced: 0. A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.


I think that last one should keep us covered regarding our survival.

Carry on. :beer3:
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The Chinese government has always been acutely aware that the masses need to be relatively happy.

At some stage they will have to consider whether short-term profits are worth the possibility of long-term instability, and how to find a balance.

It's something that is ironically never even considered in the west (society benefits from western democracy and unfettered capitalism, right?), where the very idea of social responsibility is met with rabid accusations of tree-hugging libtard, or commie.

Robotics have their place, but not when humans can do the job and you can still make a profit.

Seems to me robotics are not seen as rescuing failing companies, but merely an avenue to increase already good profits in many cases.
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Username Taken wrote:Back on topic again . . . . :popcorn:


Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics"

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

In later books, a zeroth law was introduced: 0. A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.


I think that last one should keep us covered regarding our survival.

Carry on. :beer3:
As nice as that sounds, it's inevitable that since robots are designed, built and programmed by humans, and humans have historically looked for new and more effective ways to dominate, hurt and/or kill other humans, that robots will eventually be used for that purpose to devastating effect. Some modern weapons (drones, etc.) are just killing machines controlled remotely by humans. Soon those killing machines will be controlled by "artificial intelligence", which I guess are what we generally call robots.
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vladimir wrote:The Chinese government has always been acutely aware that the masses need to be relatively happy.

At some stage they will have to consider whether short-term profits are worth the possibility of long-term instability, and how to find a balance.

It's something that is ironically never even considered in the west (society benefits from western democracy and unfettered capitalism, right?), where the very idea of social responsibility is met with rabid accusations of tree-hugging libtard, or commie.

Robotics have their place, but not when humans can do the job and you can still make a profit.

Seems to me robotics are not seen as rescuing failing companies, but merely an avenue to increase already good profits in many cases.
likely chinese response will be:
a) ban robotics because they threaten the fabric of chinese values and pride.
b) embrace them, taxing the living fuck out of the industries using them to cover social security until such a time as people have adjusted to the change... which they won't, as they'll have instead adjusted to social welfare systems supporting them via robotic production taxes.
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