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You only have to look at the myriad sweatshops and dodgy mining operations across the planet to see that as a species we are quite happy to sacrifice other members of our own species in order to make a buck.
Just dress up a gig economy wage slave in a tin suit. Lo and behold, I give you a humanoid robot. Dev costs were minimal and takes a fair amount of abuse before it breaks although it does still suffer from hangovers.
And let's face it, C3PO was bleeding annoying.....
I can see a need for high quality humanoid care robots. Obviously we are a long way from that.
That's why Japan is investing so heavily. Aging population, minimal immigration, pressing care need.... who's going to care for the infirm?
If a robot was pleasant to be with and took care of critical needs in my infirm state, I'd prefer it to squalor, abuse, abandonment and freefall decline.
A loved family member had 10 years of dementia. Luckily she had vast funds (enough to buy a luxury house and all funds now at zero) for very high quality care until she died. It was awful, but dignified and comforting to know how well cared for she was. It's sad but she wouldn't have noticed if it was a robot or not in the last 5 years. And it could have been better value for money.
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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