Ricki Yasha Tarr
But seriously, think about how much propaganda has been created to make people afraid of using robots or automated systems for menial labor. It's almost like hard labor is used to control people.
May 11, 2023 at 12:39pmWeb
Show threadShaneMay 11, 2023

@RickiTarr most of us have some robot assistance around the house, they just go by other names…. Like dishwasher or dryer.

Someone wittier than me said that they are only called robots if they don’t work.

Show threadRicki Yasha TarrMay 11, 2023
@ShaneB Oh good point
Show threadAlexanderVIMay 11, 2023

@RickiTarr people know that (at least in labour contexts), these technologies are used by employers to eliminate humans, with the savings all going to the owners, and leaving the workers out of a job.

We live in the techno futurist utopia where most physical labour has been taken over by robots, but this has not freed us up to pursue human joy, it has resulted in huge numbers of humans being surplus to requirements. So I guess that's an actual dystopia?🤷‍♂️

Show threadRicki Yasha TarrMay 11, 2023
@AlexanderVI True, but that's a human problem, not a robot problem. I definitely don't want people doing dangerous jobs just because. Although Republicans seem to want to go back to teenage coal miners and 9 year olds losing hands in cotton mills.
Show threadJon RMay 11, 2023
@RickiTarr Or it’s almost like we have some collective feelings about our history as a nation of enslavers that we haven’t quite worked through yet.
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrMay 11, 2023
@JonR i know, right
Show threadSteve WilliamsMay 11, 2023
@RickiTarr
(adjusts beret)…judging by how humans are exploited in the Gig economy, I think they are simply acclimatising us to the life of robots.
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrMay 11, 2023
@blabberlicious Ha yep
Show threadT Y BeaulieuMay 12, 2023
@blabberlicious @RickiTarr
They won't need workers when they have automated most jobs, this is the opportunity to get out the pitchforks and collect the taxes needed to support the masses
Show threadSteve WilliamsMay 11, 2023
@RickiTarr After all the housework I do, I feel I’m doing community service for I crime I didn’t commit.
Show threadcarrickdbMay 11, 2023
@RickiTarr I just listened to a great podcast episode on this topic. https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/2023/5/3/episode-129-silicon-valley-vs-science-fiction-smart-home-nightmares
Episode 129: Silicon Valley vs. Science Fiction: Smart Home Nightmares — our opinions are correct

Ten years ago, Silicon Valley promised us smart houses that would light rooms as we walked into them, turn on the music, and do our shopping. And it never happened. We talk about how the smart home has its roots in Charlie Chaplin movies, sewing machines, and home economics classes. Guest Jacqui Che

our opinions are correct
Show threadVinceHancockMay 11, 2023
@RickiTarr I think the late David Graeber frequently brought up the question of why we don't have robots to do the laundry yet. I think he chalked it up to bureaucracy and splintered priorities.