alt Hacker NewsMost tasks would me more efficient if not using a drop in replacement for humans. Rethinking the existing paradigms and redesigning the processes to be more efficient with non-humans would be more valuable.
Most tasks would me more efficient if not using a drop in replacement for humans. Rethinking the existing paradigms and redesigning the processes to be more efficient with non-humans would be more valuable.
I disagree that it would be more valuable.
It may be true that it might be more efficient, but it feels similar to the farming paradigm. You can actually get more calories per acre if you have ecosystems with varying heights. However, we don’t do this because it is much more scalable to drive massive machines over flat, unimpeded land.
It might be the case that my home would be more robot-friendly if I lived in a flat warehouse that was designed so that robots could easily handle tasks. But I don’t want to live in a warehouse, and I don’t want my house to be optimized for robots. And this isn’t even to mention the long tail of existing houses that do not adhere to a robot-optimized standard. The cost of replacing or retrofitting all of them would be astronomical.