Chapter 86: Machine stand-in

"Because there are no living people in this factory, the production line and other equipment are also controlled remotely. Of course, most of the repetitive work is replaced by artificial intelligence." Say explained.

"Those production lines are also operated by people?" the EU representative asked doubtfully.

"Depending on the situation, most situations are operated by artificial intelligence, but some precision tasks cannot be performed by artificial intelligence and require humans to do it."

"What is the difference between having someone operate a production line from a distance and someone operating the production line in front of you?" asked the U.S. representative.

"It's not a matter of distance. I believe that when it comes to the production line, in most people's minds, it is a row of people standing in front of caterpillars or tables assembling something, right?" Sai asked rhetorically.

"Yes, this is a typical labor-intensive industry. The first pot of gold for the Four Asian Tigers is a labor-intensive industry that Westerners don't want." Representative from Hua said.

"The production line of the smart factory in PPT allows machines to assemble things in front of caterpillar tracks or tables," Sai said.

"Isn't this just an automated production line you're talking about? What does it have to do with people?" the American representative asked doubtfully.

"Not entirely, because workers are responsible for giving commands to these machines, such as the rotation direction of the robotic arm and the speed of the crawler movement."

"Of course, the two examples I gave can now be completed by artificial intelligence, but there are some refined operations that artificial intelligence cannot do now and will not be able to do in the future."

"When faced with these tasks, people will directly control the production line through the V equipment. The entire production line is an extension of the human body."

"This also has many benefits for workers. They do not need to personally participate in busy work, work in a harsh working environment, and will not encounter various accidents."

"For example, accidents such as hands or other limbs being amputated, or situations where harsh environments endanger employees' health will not happen. They will only happen to mechanical avatars."

"This will also be of great help to the construction of the Earth-Moon economic circle, because humans no longer need to risk their lives to work in space, but can control machine avatars to carry out their own work."

"In this way, there will be much fewer personnel accidents in the Earth-Moon economic circle, and the construction of the Earth-Moon economic circle will be accelerated. It will even be easier to develop other planets in the solar system in the future."

"On the other hand, the labor force will increase, because it is much easier to use the V-equipment as the input to control the machine avatar than to do the work yourself, so retired old people can also be re-employed." Sai explained to everyone.

Everyone understands what Sai said about these two points, because using the V-suit to control the machine avatar not only eliminates the need to worry about the risks of working in a high-risk environment, but also means that everyone's physiological conditions are equalized.

After all, mechanical avatars are all industrial products on the assembly line, and their quality and functions are completely unified. They cannot be as different as humans.

Of course, there are natural differences in neural reaction speed between people, but many low-tech jobs do not focus on this, such as controlling a machine avatar to move bricks.

The mechanical stand-in for moving bricks is naturally not humanoid, but a large remote-controlled forklift. People only need to use the V-suit to control the vehicle's route and lift and place the bricks.

This kind of work certainly does not require high reflexes. Even people with mild intellectual disabilities can handle it. At most, those e-sports professionals can "dual-purpose" and control more forklifts at the same time.

As for why artificial intelligence is not allowed to operate forklifts, it is because the complex environment of the construction site is difficult for artificial intelligence to handle. If people deal with these problems, the cost can be greatly reduced.

"You don't even want to let go of people in their seventies or eighties?" the EU representative mocked.

"I'm not forcing old people to work." Sai said plausibly: "It's just that it's legal for factories to recruit old people to operate mechanical stand-ins, because with the help of machine stand-ins, old people can also do heavy labor."

"I believe many old people will re-employ for money. After all, they just use V-equipment to do some simple work in the virtual world, which is as easy as playing games."

"What about academic qualifications? Can an illiterate person use a V-suit to operate a machine stand-in?" asked the Indian representative.

"You don't need a high degree of education, but you need some basic training to learn how to operate different machine avatars, because after all, the machine avatars are not human bodies." Sai replied.

Subsequently, representatives from several other countries also raised their own questions, so Say presented his ideas to the seven major council members.

Among Say's most ideal ideas, a person lies in the information cabin and directly controls remote machine avatars, such as robots and production lines, with the assistance of artificial intelligence.

The smart factory on the PPT is like this. There is not even a walkway designed for humans. Everything is done by artificial intelligence and drones controlled by humans.

Of course, with the level of modern technology, this is unrealistic at this stage, so Say told everyone about the simplest idea, which is to use V equipment to realize remote control with body sensing.

For example, people drive in the virtual world through V-suits, and through radio remote control, real unmanned cars will also receive the same instructions.

And because the car also has somatosensory equipment, the user can drive the car as if controlling his own body, thus avoiding the situation of hitting someone when reversing because he cannot see behind.

But no matter which one it is, humans have advanced machine stand-ins. Many high-risk and highly repetitive tasks do not need to be performed personally, but can be done by robot stand-ins.

The benefits of this are naturally endless, because compared with robots, the human body is very weak, whether in terms of vision, strength or environmental adaptation.

Humans can only see very few types of electromagnetic waves, cannot move faster than 20 meters per second, and are so fragile that they will die instantly in harsh environments.

But machine avatars are different. They can adapt to various extreme environments and can even be replaced by different machine avatars in different working environments.

For example, in a small gap, a person can use a machine stand-in that is smaller than a fly to get in. In a high-temperature environment, a person can use another most suitable machine stand-in to get in.

Of course, humans now have drones and robots, but compared to using input devices such as keyboards, it is obviously more efficient to directly control them with body movements or even neural electrical signals.

Therefore, the seven major council members finally announced the adoption of the Roki plan and began to set up pilot areas around the world to gradually promote the implementation of the Roki plan.
Chapter completed!