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hillarys-snatch t1_jdstowf wrote

Many reasons but mainly because the tech isnt there yet. As much as people like to hate on humanoid robots, many would accept them into their homes if the robot could do all their chores

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BroomShakzuka t1_jdstlj4 wrote

I am not sure. Individual change needs to go hand in hand with systemic change. Individuals are also infecting other individuals, so there is a lot of theory that we won't have to convince everyone before a massive shift in our system can happen. Having 10% of the population go vegan would already be a massive unstoppable movement. Anyway, fact still remains that I dont know, but I can't just continue participating in the bullshit that we do to animals and subsequently the world .

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EnomLee t1_jdssrek wrote

Then cheer up, your electronics are still working just fine.

You may have just recently learned about solar storms, but they aren't new to me. Neither are supervolcanic eruptions, asteroid impacts, nuclear wars, unaligned artificial super intelligence, and sudden brain aneurysms. All very nasty possibilities that thus far have failed to materialize.

There's no shortage of ways to horribly die, and I wouldn't wish them upon any decent person. I certainly wouldn't hope for one to come and stop the march of societal progress.

If it's worth anything, the longer that technology can continue to advance without one of these black swan events hitting us, the more capable we will be of mitigating or avoiding the damage.

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RastaNecromanca t1_jdsr83f wrote

There is no market for it or barely as of right now so no demand = no supply. The no demand might be due to the robots not being good enough yet but with little demand there is little money for innovation so it goes slow. That’s my perspective on it not an expert though so there’s probably other aspects to it

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izumi3682 OP t1_jdsnhd5 wrote

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