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In reply to the discussion: This is the future. It doesn't include jobs for humans. [View all]wickerwoman
(5,662 posts)If they require any kind on non-renewable metals, for example, combined with the demand for rare materials to make the solar panels to powers them, we could quickly start hitting the upper ceiling on what our planet can support.
Mining asteroids would also be extremely resource intensive.
I'm not saying this can't all be worked out somehow, but I doubt that it's going to be resolved in the next 10-20 years to the point where 99% of us can kick our feet up and relax while the robots do all the work.
What I hope is that we gradually all decrease the number of hours we work, the benefits of new technology are spread equally and we prioritise how we use our remaining primary resources (more solar panels, fewer beer helmets, etc). Not holding my breath for that level of international coordination or sense of fair play though.