Dr Deagle Show 2013/04/30 - Texe Marrs - Robot Alchemy
Channel: Urupipeṛ2 Ṫẁo
Date: 2013-05-01

HOUR ONE - Texe Marrs - Robot Alchemy
http://www.texemarrs.com/052013/robot_alchemy_article.htm

Androids, Cyborgs, and the Magic of Artificial Life

"The truly interesting question is, what happens after we have truly intelligent robots? If we're very lucky, they'll treat us as pets. If not, they'll treat us as food."

—
 Dr. Paul Saffo
Stanford University

Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, is the world's largest electronics manufacturer. The Chinese company makes products for Apple, Intel, Sharp, Amazon, Dell, Cisco, Microsoft, Motorola, and Hewlett-Packard. It has factories throughout the world, in China, Brazil, India, Japan, and Mexico, and many others. Among them is the huge Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou, China where over 450,000 workers are employed.

These workers are employed at the massive, Zenchua Science and Technology Park, a walled, 1.16 square mile campus sometimes referred to as "Foxconn City." There, they live in gray-scale worker dormitories, with little more than a plain room, a small kitchen and bath which they share, and a TV. They toil up to 12 hours a day for 6 days each week. Theirs is a slave drone existence.

Lately, news reports indicate that problems exist at Foxconn City and other manufacturing complexes. Low pay, long hours, and terrible conditions have led to worker mutinies, strikes, and even suicides. Nets had to be installed at the perimeter of all buildings, so many workers were going to the top and just jumping off.

Things have gotten so bad that Terry Gou, the founder and president of Foxconn, finally was forced in 2012 to do something about it.

He brought in robots to replace the disgruntled, complaining employees. According to Singularity Hub, Foxconn president Gou not only brought in the first installment of robots, he also loudly announced that the giant company, the world's largest, would replace over 1 million workers over the next three years:

"It appears as if Gou has started the ball in motion. Since the announcement, a first batch of 10,000 robots—aptly named Foxbots—have made their way into at least one factory, and by the end of 2012, another 20,000 more will be installed."

Evidently, the company had grown tired of worker riots, corporate audits, and suicides attracting international attention. With robots, the complaints would diminish considerably and, finally, end altogether.

Of course, robots themselves must be manufactured. But that presents few problems. In Fanuc, Japan, robots produce other robots. In fact, the concept of self replicating robots is now catching on.

From the corporate and elite standpoint, it seems that Foxconn and thousands of other companies throughout the planet have the right idea. Replace disgruntled employees with sturdy, intelligent robots. And, as robots are growing more and more reliable and trustworthy, a company"s "people problems" are solved.
What of the Workers? What Will They Do?

But, then, what about the over one billion human beings in China, the 900 million in India, almost 200 million in Brazil, and over 7 billion across the world? What are they to do? Where will they find employment? How will they support themselves and their families?

The Elite see human beings as merely a "cost of production." Robots are more efficient, so robots will replace the workers. The humans will be discarded.

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