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AdorableBackground83 t1_jczer9j wrote

The first wave of automation (in the 2020s and 2030s) will be white collar work.

The second wave of automation (in the 2040s and 2050s) will be blue collar work as advancements in robotics I believe will allow robots to match the dexterity of a human and will allow them to do plumbing, electric work and surgery.

There really isn’t any job or task out there that a machine cannot do as well if not better and its a good thing. The days of “working for a living” will be a distant memory and a horror story we tell our great grand kids about.

Assuming of course UBI and other necessary public services are implemented to make sure our basic standard of living is taken care of.

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daddymusic t1_jczfrj8 wrote

I don’t see robots doing surgery in 25 years. I could imagine some rapid advances in health science making a lot of surgeries obsolete, but the actual surgeries themselves? Nah

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meidkwhoiam t1_jd0z45h wrote

Robots have been surgery workhorses since the early 2000's

https://youtu.be/YVWgRjWfD9k

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daddymusic t1_jd10di6 wrote

That link’s not working for me, but I assume you’re talking about the da Vinci… which is controlled by a surgeon

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meidkwhoiam t1_jd10hob wrote

So... Robots are capable of performing surgery then?

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daddymusic t1_jd10kwp wrote

I gave you an upvote for purposely missing the point

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Rev_Will t1_jd22nz8 wrote

The link is indeed a Da Vinci.

The day robots start doing surgery is the day we stop learning new techniques and surgeries imo. Neuro is still guessing half the time.

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