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If American Robots Had Their Own Economy, It'd Be Bigger Than Switzerland (fastcompany.com)
From a report: The total value of all the robots in the United States, from Roombas to auto-manufacturing plants to those that fold laundry, and everything in between, is $732 billion, a number that, according to a study released today by researchers at CEBR and Redwood Software, is larger than that of the economy of Switzerland. Other findings in the study suggest that American investment in robotics has doubled since 2009, and went up 30 percent between 2011 and 2015.
This is like comparing a speed to a distance.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
It should be "larger than Switzerland's". Unless they measure economies (whatever they mean by that; I doubt they know themselves) in units of area.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
They quote some company and another yet provide no links to original research? Interesting.
If by "economy" the journo that quoted an unquotable research paper meant GDP then yes. But you simply need to add just the foreign currency reserves and you're wrong.
If by "economy" he meant anything else then ha-ha (that simpsons character).
For example, the company I worked for in CH had an annual IT budget of more than $1bn. ANNUAL.
Next time either link to original research or bother to investigate and use your brain a little (if you have any)
If he bothered to add the electricity bill of that, then he'd be closer to 0. Unemployed people because of those robots, closer to -$700bn. Social impact that creates? Etc etc.
I enjoyed every second of my 1.5-hour lunch breaks (something US "economy" participants can only dream of) in Zueri and I'd do it again, given the opportunity.
Could someone please give me a metaphor using and automobile, and Libraries of Congress? Thank you.
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Obviously robotics and automation are about to accelerate at rates never before seen in industry and business. I am waiting for the first business that has no human intervention at all. Imagine a totally automated car factory with zero employees and zero human owners. Imagine if that company starts to take over the car market. The game is a foot.
That means that American robots can take over Switzerland's most valuable export: neutrality. Pretty easy for bots to best humans there.
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Property tax, income tax, sales tax, occupation tax.
Just saying.
And go to jail when they kill. Or do machine oils. That stuff's addictive.
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Oh we don't even need to go there. I think we can stop at Zug washing machines.
The number of molecules in the ocean is greater than the total number of hairs on all people's asses.... just about as a useful comparison.
You can't handle the truth.
Do you have the same reaction every time the eurotrash bitch that America doesn't have passenger railroads like they do? You should.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
It's called Wall Street.
Don't trust any concentration of power.
Switzerland is smaller than US cities in terms of population.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=population+swizerland%2FNYC
Thanks to the US economy, I retired in my thirties.
The OP has been modded down to oblivion, though it may have been satirical. But if it is a legitimate comment, then it begs a legitimate question: what is a robot? There aren't any self-aware computers, and likely won't be in our lifetimes. So what is a robot? Automation? Because a WW II ball bearing factory line would qualify. Is it a discreet device that creates a product in an automatic manner? Because if that is the case then everyone's home printer is a robot.
The point is, "robot' is a catch word, and is being used as a catch word purposefully. This word is being used because it elicits themes of android uprisings, when really what it is being used to describe is automation that has been around in some way or another for the better part of a century. Saying the "robot" economy is larger than Switzerland is just irresponsible reporting. There is absolutely no way to quantify it because there it no way to define it. It's simply good old fashioned automation.
People need to calm down and realize the sky isn't falling. Robots are not stealing jobs. The economy is becoming more efficient, and we are streamlining processes no one really wants to do by hand anyway. Do you want to rivet a quarter panel to a car frame for eight hours a day? I certainly don't. And if self driving cars take away taxi drivers, I won't cry either. Because once we start getting people's hands off the wheels, then maybe we can divorce them from the idea that every individual has to have their own hands-on motor vehicle, and then we can start building the public transportation system science fiction writers dream about.
I'm waiting for the Republicans to count robots as 3/5th of a person.
You must be misremembering slavery.
You're waiting for Democrats to count robots as 3/5 of a person.
Republican abolitionists will make waves about how robots deserve the same rights as everyone else.
Democrats will start a war over it.
Republicans will win.
Democrats will realize that they can get more political power by sucking up to the robots, and try to relabel themselves "Party for the Robots."
Republicans ignore the Democrat spincrafting.
Democrats develop robot unions as bloc-voting appartus, get teamsters, trucks, and robot vehicles to pick up robots en masse and deliver them to the voting polls to vote Democrat.
Slowly, Republicans begin losing power and constitutional meaning takes a backseat to pandering to the lowest common denominator.
Fast forward 100 years, and there will be a new Republic Robot shouting "Make America Great Again! Enforce robot manufacturing requirements!"
History repeats itself. And it is repeating itself.
Thanks to the US economy, many people work 2-3 jobs and will never get the chance to retire. Or even take a nice break.
Congratulations, you were the winner in winner takes all. Sucks to be everyone else tho.