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Silicon Valley celebrates artificial intelligence and robotics as fields that have the power to improve people's lives, through inventions like driverless cars and robot carers for the elderly.
That message isn't getting through to the rest of the country, where more than 70% of Americans express wariness or concern about a world where machines perform many of the tasks done by humans, according to Pew Research.
The findings have wide-reaching implications for technology companies working in these fields and indicates the need for greater public hand-holding.
"Ordinary Americans are very wary and concerned about the growing trend in automation and place a lot of value in human decision-making," said Aaron Smith, the author of the research, which surveyed more than 4,000 US adults. "They are not incredibly excited about machines taking over those responsibilities."
Once robots are perfected the 99% can be eliminated so they stop bumming the 1% out.
(Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Friday October 06 2017, @06:21AM (7 children)
I have couple robots in my house. They are fucking great. Save me ton of hassle with dumb things like lifting the garbage can lid, dispensing soap, etc. The last robot vacuum did not work out. I'll reevaluate when they get a bit better (more suction, and a bit better navigation). Looking forward to a more robust lawn mowing robot as well. Something to do a fly over of the property. And man if I can get one that will do the dishes it will be great. I gave up on trying to have one clean the litter box though, that is impossible in this universe. Automated blinds would also be great.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday October 06 2017, @08:55AM (1 child)
I'm tired of all the tedious killing. Ammunition is heavy, aiming heavy guns is finicky, people are constantly complaining about the results. I want kill-bots. Rocket launcher and chain gun as primary weapons, a circular saw for close-in work. That'll do it.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 06 2017, @12:21PM
what you wrote:
> I have a couple
what you meant?
I have a pair
(Score: 3, Funny) by maxwell demon on Friday October 06 2017, @09:05AM (1 child)
I see, you've got sexbots.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday October 06 2017, @11:52AM
And THEY'VE got milk!
Man milk.
:-/
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(Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday October 06 2017, @03:21PM (1 child)
My father-in-law got something like this: https://www.amazon.com/CatGenie-Self-Washing-Flushing-Cat/dp/B008JGIYVE/ [amazon.com] - Seems to have worked pretty good for him.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday October 10 2017, @03:42PM
Go read the Amazon reviews for that thing. Not so good.... Especially read this one [amazon.com].
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday October 06 2017, @04:11PM
I gave up on trying to have one clean the litter box though, that is impossible in this universe.
No, it's not. You're looking at crappy litter boxes. You need to get a "Litter-Robot" (v3). It's expensive as hell, but it really does work well.
For shits and giggles, there's a shitty automated litter box that connects to your toilet called the "Litter Genie" I think. Don't get it, but do definitely read the reviews for it on Amazon.com. There's one particular review there that talks about fried cat turds that's absolutely hilarious.