@VraserX: One thing people massively underestimate: A robot doesn’t need to outperform a human per hour. It only needs to outperf…
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A tweet highlighting that robots gain value by being more cost-effective per dollar than humans, rather than outperforming them per hour.
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One thing people massively underestimate:
A robot doesn’t need to outperform a human per hour.
It only needs to outperform a human per dollar.
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