Almost 10% of South Korea's workforce is now composed of robots, as the country leads the world with 1,012 robots per 10,000 employees, topping the global list. (ifr.org)

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[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 9 points 2 months ago

Yeah but how many are car manufacturing robots? They make a shit load of cars in S Korea

[-] sircac@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Do they pay taxes? Because they should pay taxes

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

This could be good in the long term. To best benefit from this technology, we will likely need to implement some form of universal income.

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[-] Lugh@futurology.today 2 points 2 months ago

True. It's what keeps me optimistic. If we can get through the decay of the old world intact, there's a world of post-scarcity plenty ahead.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I'm optimistic that we'll get there eventually. But the sooner we play our cards right as a civilization, the sooner we'll be able to enjoy the benefits.

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