Shouldn't robots work mines and sewers instead of writing emails? An Indian take
paulfinneyx · x · 2026-10-05
Responding to 'why are robots writing emails instead of working mines and toxic sites,' an Indian builder argues robots should first replace deadly industrial, construction, sewer, and mining labor — and that India should build a utilitarian robot economy from its own labor constraints rather than just selling egocentric data to frontier labs.
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