Been watching YouTube ai robot videos.
A few points seem to suggest a likely replacement that would possibly seal their fate:
Body
With tech giants developing cheaper easier bodies, so are those who follow them.
Soon, you could just 3d print, or buy a cheap body, stick in a few cheap servos and controller, and away you go.
Within a decade, or less, 1,000 dollars, or less. You could probably beat that now?
Bodies are the easy bit.
AI training.
That's the expensive bit.
Companies are out sourcing to poorer countries for people to draw boxes around objects in photos and label them, that was on 60 minutes or such show.
Companies are spending huge money making chips also.
Plus the possible legal fees and fines for copyright infringements.
Remote control.
Apparently Tesla, perhaps others, are using remote control with human operators to work their robots, with AI also.
Start ups.
There are many ai robot start ups.
Many more could enter, if only it were cheaper to do so…
They took our jobs.
There is a fear AI and robots will take everyone's jobs and million will be left unemployed, looking for work…
Fear of AI.
No one wants to be the first to loose their head to a Tesla humanoid.
Conclusion.
I can see, with cheap bodies, new companies popping up.
Forget about AI and all its costs, complexes and issues, just go remote control.
Sure, program in a few simple action to lessen the work load, walk, turn, so on.
One local chap could watch 10 or so bots for security, with kill switches and direct links to other operators.
Screens can show in text the verbal commands given, so it's easy to see issues.
Another chap reads the commands and either executes a pre programmed action, like walk, perhaps just clicking the direction, rough distance, with a mouse on the video screen. The robot has sensors, so can detect walls and stop if needed.
Or, if it's a complicated task, the operator can pass it onto a dedicated operator for that type of task.
You could have an operator who just washes dishes all day, for example.
A chef who just makes gormey(?) meals all day.
A mechanic who just fixes cars all day.
So on.
It actually sounds pretty reasonable.
People keep their jobs, but instead of commuting and premises overheads, they can just work from home.
Or companies can have buildings with necessary virtual reality set ups for workers.
Plus for the customers, there's little to no waiting, as the robots already there.
You no longer have to go to the hairdresser, Bev can just chat to you while she cuts your hair on the patio.
A lot can be sent over seas, depending on companies and what people want.
Who better to make sushi (gag) then a Japanese chef in Japan.
Or making a bed, raking leaves and other non skilled tasks could go to China, India, or that bloke behind the chippy in Dublin.
Looking at EVs and Tesla, with everyone else crowding them out, and how highbreds and other fuel types are still popular, it's easy to see how it could go.
rides to the rescue.
