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[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip -5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

It's not true at all. Until robotics catches up and real AI is developed, we still need people doing shitty jobs like picking crops

Edit: And it's not even just shitty jobs. Humans working is essential to society functioning. There's not a single industry that can operate completely without human labor.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rowcrops like corn and potatoes is one of those things that is heavily automated.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 0 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Ok, so since 2 crops are heavily automated, no human has to harvest crops again.

You're ignoring the fact that "heavily automated" still means humans are required to work, just not as many.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

first of all, picking crops isn't a shitty job. i did it two times in summer, it was fun. what sucked was the low pay and the bad quality of working colleagues that it caused.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 1 points 23 hours ago

I'm glad it was fun for you. I lived on a farm and working the fields in 110F weather fucking sucks.