But I’m out here messing around @ Farmers Insurance Open. They’ve got themselves a little autonomous range picker. Unemploying 16 year olds since 2026.
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Could it be, why it’s the flog ball 3,000 (R3), 2024 Model.
Cost 13.6 million bazooka bubblegum wrappers.
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OK, an autonomous one of these definitely needs targets mounted for people to aim for…otherwise they’ll be aiming for the expensive looking stuff 
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I think it’s really amazing to watch robots start to take over more and more laborious tasks in such a small amount of time.
I feel bad for people who are losing their jobs as a result of automation/robots, but it’s a logical trajectory for a lot of industries.
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As long as we don’t turn into a Walle society, maybe we somewhat already are, robots should free up people to focus on more important tasks and optimizing the use of their limited time. I’d rather be helping someone fix their car, landscape their yard, etc etc than be mowing the yard or snowblowing. For me snowblowing can be fun, but it’s mostly enjoyable helping out others so they can have more time to be with family, pursue their hobbies/interests or just have peace/safety/quality of life.
It’s the same old story… machines, robots, etc took my job yet we as humans haven’t perfected them enough to not need us. Any new thing can eliminate certain jobs but create many others. You either have to learn the new ones or risk being left behind. I know that’s easier said than done, but it is the price of progress, unfortunately. I know a few who made niche careers out of supporting legacy equipment/software. When you’re one of only a handful of people in the world who can do something, you can name your own price at that point.
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I have several colleagues who are specialists in a very niche mainframe application called Hogan that is used as a backend for financial institutions. Let’s just say they have a very profitable niche. The number of people who can administer Hogan is very small.
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That’s funny you brought that up. I was going to use the exact same example. That and COBOL.
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Those were exactly what I was referring to and some other things as well.
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Wow. Small world indeed!! What are the odds??
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Super thankful for sewing machines and water pumps. 
A 1 world currency might give those niche jobs a run for their money, that will mark the beginning of a very interesting time period though