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AI-powered 20 foot robots coming for construction workers' jobs (www.theregister.com)

submitted 1 day ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Easily. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure they could be useful in certain cases, especially once the technology matures. But it will be many years before then, and it'll be an uphill battle for them as construction workers don't take kindly to their jobs being threatened.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm sure there are already people taking a close look at these machines to determine the optimal place to insert a wooden shoe.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tampering with any of their sensors should be enough

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 2 points 15 hours ago

My money is on doing nothing at all is enough for them to royally screw up.