> all you're left with is strawberry picking robots and some tech billionaires living on their islands with their robot pets and flying cars

I'm pretty sure that's the goal of a solid majority of wealthy people, if not literally all of them. Fully automate their lives of luxury and let the rest of us rot.

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hparadiz 17 hours ago | parent [-]

What's stopping normies from getting their own robots to automate things? A singular one of these things will be less than 1k and you'll see them everywhere in every junk yard. If I could tell one to go plant a tree my land would be significantly more productive. As it is now it's decidedly not. I don't really understand this idea that only the rich will have access to this tech. It makes no sense.

	▲	bluefirebrand 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> A singular one of these things will be less than 1k and you'll see them everywhere in every junk yard. I don't think that's a foregone conclusion at all I mean first of all even consumer electronics like a PlayStation are creeping up on 1k, and that's way less sophisticated than a personal robot. Or how about a car? Again, less sophisticated than a personal robot, also very expensive And I also imagine there will very likely be a ton of regulations on any kind of robot servants. Maybe owner/operator licensing. Who knows. I am not nearly as confident as you are that this will become an "everyone has one" thing. Most People don't even have 3D printers.