Andy Rubin Is Heading a Secret Robotics Project At Google 162
sfcrazy writes "The creator of the most sought after 'Android' of the world has been secretly working on creating a robotics division within Google. The search engine giant has acquired over seven robotics companies recently to create the robotics unit which is being headed by none other than Andy Rubin himself. Andy made the disclosure in an interview given to the New York Times."
Their initial goal is to automate the woefully manual process of electronics manufacturing.
So, capitalism will fail and most people seem to.. (Score:5, Informative)
have an allergy to anything that resembles socialism even if that's what they really want and don't know it (speaking as an American here). I just read an article somewhere yesterday that both Applebees and Chili's restaurant chains are replacing all of their waiters with a tablet based systems.
When there is no work for anyone left and we're all under total 24/7/365 surveillance then what? I can't have Amazon delivering packages to my non-existent residence since robots took our jobs ;) (I'm in IT but it's not like we're immune; no one is).
Re:Going to change everything (Score:5, Informative)
not everybody will be in the top 1%
In fact, I'd be willing to say about 1% of people will be in the top 1%