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array_key_firstyesterday at 10:17 PM1 replyview on HN

Robots are expensive, software is not. I can instantly duplicate software 1 million times and run it in parallel, I can't just produce 1 million robots. Physical world is always harder.

Even if we get robots who can, say, build roads start to end, there is still a HUGE gap between that and it actually being used. There is a hard floor, too. Robots are made of physical things, physical things have scarcity, and there's no way around that to our knowledge. Even if you can build the robot for 1 cent, the material cost will still exist.


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rootusrootustoday at 12:56 AM

> Robots are expensive

People are not, though, and all the folks who are no longer necessary in knowledge work are available for physical work.

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