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If every semi-plausible promise of the AI vendors could be believed, every job which converts conversations into binaries could be replaced.

That's a large chunk of the software development industry, but practically nothing else.

So they promise robots, but have remarkable difficulty with even the most limited domain autonomous robots: Amazon claims to have deployed over a million robots, but is still continuously hiring in their warehouses with requirements like these:

Be 18 years or older

Understand and follow instructions in the required language

Lift up to 49 pounds

Push utility carts up to 60 pounds

Stand, walk, push, pull, squat, bend, and reach during shifts

Use carts, dollies, hand trucks, and other gear to move items around

Go up and down stairs (where applicable)

Maybe Amazon shouldn't have built anti-Dalek defenses into their warehouses.

parent dsr_ 7 days ago

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