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nradov 5 hours ago

Despite the hype cycle around humanoid robots it's unlikely that they'll advance enough to be capable of replacing many human workers in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities within our lifetimes. Expect to see lots of really sad stories about elder abuse and neglect because as a society we simply won't have the resources to adequately care for them all.

nemomarx 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I kinda expect nursing and people paid to give attention to the elderly to be the last job standing. very hard to replace or automate

nradov 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Paid by whom? That's the problem. The people with money won't be willing to pay more taxes to fund workers to care for a growing indigent elderly population. It's already causing shortages today and will only get worse.

MyHonestOpinon 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Increasing health span would be a big step forward. More specifically old age dementia.

seanmcdirmid 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They don’t have to. If say robotaxis become widespread, you’ve freed up some portion of the labor market to do something else. They don’t have to automate all jobs, just some.

arcologies1985 4 hours ago | parent [-]

The evidence has shown that this thinking is flawed - disruption of jobs in an industry causes a slow, wrenching, scarring adjustment process that increases the load on welfare programs and makes quality of life broadly worse: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/g-s1-47352/why-economists-got...

nemomarx 4 hours ago | parent [-]

sure but after 3-5 generations it works out, like with farming and weaving. just gotta wait longer!

arcologies1985 4 hours ago | parent [-]

If only this was a game of Victoria 3