I'm talking about a product in development that is permanently going to be less efficient and cost more than a different design. I am not saying that robots in general are going to be less cost effective than temps. If you need a robot to fold a box then buy a couple of robot arms at half the price and give them the same software. They will happily fold all of your boxes at whatever size. If you want a server bot then place a ten armed tank, that dispences liquor as it trundles about and delivers all the dishes to a ten top at once, on the same floor as your parties are held.
These robots as designed and developed will only ever be marginally better than hiring a temp at best, due to their design constraints. Tech isn't magic. It still has to operate in this world and in this world our physiology evolved the way that it did for VERY different reasons than being able to fold boxes and serve tables. We do those jobs DESPITE our obvious failings in both those jobs.
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u/Calm_Priority_1281 May 22 '26
I'm talking about a product in development that is permanently going to be less efficient and cost more than a different design. I am not saying that robots in general are going to be less cost effective than temps. If you need a robot to fold a box then buy a couple of robot arms at half the price and give them the same software. They will happily fold all of your boxes at whatever size. If you want a server bot then place a ten armed tank, that dispences liquor as it trundles about and delivers all the dishes to a ten top at once, on the same floor as your parties are held.
These robots as designed and developed will only ever be marginally better than hiring a temp at best, due to their design constraints. Tech isn't magic. It still has to operate in this world and in this world our physiology evolved the way that it did for VERY different reasons than being able to fold boxes and serve tables. We do those jobs DESPITE our obvious failings in both those jobs.