• umulu@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    And humans want to replace some of this shit with robots.

    Window washer working on sky scrappers? Sure, I guess it is a job that can be done by robots.

    Bricklayer? Why the fuck???

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      5 months ago

      For one thing it is a tough, dirty, physically taxing job. If you can reduce the strain on humans and not wear them out as fast I’d call it a win…

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        Sure, but I’d imagine that Joe the Bricklayer may have a slightly different reaction when you tell him the exciting news that he doesn’t have to lay bricks anymore because a robot can do it.

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          But the thing is, we don’t have to replace Joe with a robot. The hard part about being a bricklayer is having to make cement, carry that cement in buckets, carry concrete blocks, amongst other things that I don’t even know (I watched my father in law working a few times). Why can’t we just replace the “heavy” part with robots?

          Let’s use robots to our advantage, but keep people doing jobs they actually like.