| ▲ | pavlov 19 hours ago |
| A woman from 1825 would probably happily accept that description though (notwithstanding that the word “robot” wasn’t invented yet). A machine that magically replaces several hours of her manual work? As far as she’s concerned, it’s a specialized maid that doesn’t eat at her table and never gets sick. |
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| ▲ | auggierose 19 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Machines do get "sick" though, and they eat electricity. |
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| ▲ | pavlov 19 hours ago | parent [-] | | Negligible cost compared to a real maid in 1825. The washing machine also doesn’t get pregnant by your teenage son and doesn’t run away one night with your silver spoons — the upkeep risks and replacement costs are much lower. | | |
| ▲ | ljlolel 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | They do and will randomly kill people | | | |
| ▲ | auggierose 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | In 1825 both electricity prices and replacement costs would have been unaffordable for anyone, though. Because there was literally no prize you could pay to get these things. |
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| ▲ | watwut 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| 19 century washing machines were called washing/mangling machines. They were not called maids nor personified. |
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| ▲ | omnimus 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Shame we are in 2025 huh? Ask someone today if they accept washing machine as robot maid. |
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| ▲ | pavlov 19 hours ago | parent [-] | | The point is that, as far as development of AI is concerned, 2025 consumers are in the same position as the 1825 housewife. In both cases, automation of what was previously human labor is very early and they’ve seen almost nothing yet. I agree that in the year 2225 people are not going to consider basic LLMs artificial intelligences, just like we don’t consider a washing machine a maid replacement anymore. |
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