Robots will strip human hours out of prices, leaving materials plus energy
Dr_Singularity · x · 2026-10-22
The author argues that most expensive things are costly because of embedded human hours — building, moving, fixing, staffing. Once robots remove those hours, prices should fall toward materials plus energy, and energy keeps getting cheaper. A bullish long-term take on the economic impact of embodied AI.
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