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Coldwar timewarp
May 8, 2007



Mr. Nice! posted:

Actually soldering pipes and wiring panels are tasks best fit for machines/computers and the AI needed to drive vehicles is significantly further off.

Lol. It's not soldering pipes in a factory. So we need an autonomous mobile robot which is capable of manipulating tools, can articulate fully, think it's way around problems and correspond with multiple levels of command. It's called a human. You are wrong basically.
Self driving things are considerably simpler. That said advanced large scale 3D printers could put skilled trades out of work, but that's just as far off.

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Coldwar timewarp
May 8, 2007



Hot Karl Marx posted:

Never heard of an automatic welder? It's used on bigger pipes all the time (usually 24"+ and depends on the company as well)




those white huts are automatic welders

Note the work environment, it is on a big field. Now remotely piloted soldering machines in crawlspaces, that's interesting. I'm not quite a plumber, but there is a lot of commercial and industrial work, I'm not sure the percent of the jobs however.

Coldwar timewarp
May 8, 2007



The Republicans would NEVER allow it. The openly racist part of the GOP isn't going away, it's here to stay. It will be a factor in every GOP presidential year at least.

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