Humanoid robots take over manual labor at auto parts plant

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  1. Radman

    Radman Road Train Member

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    Yeah, until a knuckle head with a Cell phone hits one of these on the road. Won’t be the AI truck fault but people will try to sue for millions or even a billion. Don’t know how companies are gonna afford these civil lawsuits. Certain judges will be against these AI trucks. Why I’ve always said it won’t work unless it’s a controlled environment like a port or warehouse. A human can’t be on those places or the site shuts down. Can’t do that on our roads. If the technology is flawless then it’ll work. But that’s a long ways away also.
     
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  3. SmallPackage

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    They’ve been running 1-10 corridor for a couple years now. They started from Houston to San Antonio. Now they run thru all the way to EL Paso. About a month ago I got on on 1-10 at 77 from LaGrange and settled in four or five truck lengths behind a Hirshbach running 65. It was a smooth as silk front door. When we got to the construction in Sequin it slowed down and I went ahead and passed it. Looked over and it was one of those aurora tractors with no one in it. I’ve seen them in this area bunches of times but never ran with one before going the same direction. That truck handled the all the continuous ####roaches and kamikazees along that stretch with ease.
     
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  4. BrothaTrucka513

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    A friend of mine saw one out in PA years back. His mind was blown. He was like "bro, that truck had no one in it!". I was weirded out back in 2024 when I saw one on the outskirts of Cincinnati heading up i75.
     
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  5. Lennythedriver

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    This is different brother. I get it I used to think the exact same way, but I’ve taken a deep dive into this subject for the past year and even invest in it within my Roth, IRA and 401(k). I don’t agree with it, I don’t want it, but like it or not, it’s coming. It is the single most creative innovation of humanity ever in world history times 10. Do you know why lawyers get paid big money? It’s called scarcity of knowledge. They have it you don’t you need it. AI Allows for an infinity never ending base of knowledge that can compound within its own self. And can teach its own self. IE it is limitless. So what you were seeing and hearing about now is just the infancy stage of what’s to come. The technology is there, it’s here it’s happening. Knowledge in of itself is now worth ZERO. Let that sink in for a minute. Limitless knowledge will soon be available to everyone. That alone changes everything. It is going to change the entire economic model for both good and bad, and it’s going to happen rapidly. it’s going to change our understanding of how societies function. It’s going to change what humans do with themselves, and even their purpose for life. Of course you can either merge with the coming machines or reject them.
     
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  6. TheLoadOut

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    So what's the timeline on the human species?asking for a friend. And who are they going to collect taxes from if nobody is working?
     
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  7. TheLoadOut

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  8. Lennythedriver

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    That’s what I’ve been screaming about. Nobody’s talking about it. None of our elected leaders or anyone else and it baffles me. We’re facing the single greatest change in human history. It’s going to restructure everything and they’re just ignoring it. I’m thinking when unemployment hits 20+ percent they’ll probably start talking about it but it’ll be too late at that point.

    Yes they’ll be able to sell you a widget that used to cost $10 for $2 but if nobody’s making any money who’s gonna be able to buy it even at $2? Lol.

    here’s the crux of the situation that we’re in company A will move to artificial intelligence and robotics and produce the same product. tgat company B is producing, but at 1/3 the cost forcing the company B to go to the same model. Thats what is happening. So, even if you work for a good ethical company, that would love to keep you around, they simply won’t be able to.
     
  9. buzzarddriver

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    News blurb today said college graduates were taking up the jobs highschoolers used to do because AI was taking all of the good jobs.
     
  10. wulfman75

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    College grads have been doing that for the last 20 years.
     
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