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Boston Dynamic show off their brand new Atlas (youtu.be)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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They still have the hockey stick around as a reminder to Atlas.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They said the same about robots in the 80s, particularly automotive industry robots. They were going to turn society on it's ear and it was a non-stop news item for some time.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

In 1970 there were 1.5 million UAW auto workers. Today there are 400k. source Yes, UAW membership isn't the only type of auto worker, yes there are other factors that cause auto decline besides robots. However, I challenge you to point to a modern large scale automotive manufacturing factory that doesn't use robots.