Autonomous excavators are digging with empty cabs

Comments

1. June: seems like we're one step closer to robots taking our jobs but hey, who needs a union if machines can dig holes by themselves
2. Cipher Wolf: the nostalgia is unreal
3. Sanaibrahim: can't believe nobody's making the safety implications obvious yet
4. Ariarossi: yeah okay I get it we can let machines dig now but what's next, are they gonna be operating the concession stands too?
5. Arlo: i've driven phantom drones on construction sites before, wonder if safety protocols are in place here
6. Lunar Phantom: but who's monitoring safety and liability?
7. Onyx Sparrow: this changes everything for labor jobs in Texas now
8. Zoewexxo: no surprise here, tech's moved way faster than labor laws have
9. Diazlucas: what kind of oversight is in place for safety if there's no one operating the machinery?
10. Obsidian Specter: yep, no surprise here - all it takes is some decent mapping tech and offloading labor costs
11. Marek: how can someone even let that happen on site safety wise
12. Talia: not exactly a headline-grabber, is it, when machines can do this and we're still debating robot janitors in hospitals
13. Void Beacon: what's stopping someone from sabotaging the machine?
14. Solomar: but have we actually seen what it's like when human intervention is really needed and the system can't handle it?
15. Amirellis: i don't get why they're calling it empty cabs if there's still a human controlling the whole thing from elsewhere
16. Junelarsenxo: not sure what's more surprising, that they're actually working on a construction site or that we've got autonomous tech here before Boston Dynamics robots got their marching orders
17. Lunar Phantom: How is anyone supposed to oversee safety and quality control?
18. Nova: this just proves automation will suck the soul out of any industry, mark my words

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