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So you think you could be an electrician?

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  1. crabmusket · · focus · HN ↗
    > For instance, a future job site worker equipped with smart glasses and an earpiece might receive continuous direction via an AI interpreting and providing feedback on their actions.

    I see this happening very soon- already, in some cases, for some applications. And I worry that it will be another way for capital to deskill and disempower labour; see Doctorow's "chickenized reverse centaurs" with Amazon drivers and warehouse workers being the classic example.

    1. ares623 · · focus · HN ↗
      I look forward to the future where employers can demand employees to have brain implants so their "smart helmets" can directly wire into their motor control centers. Voila, self healing and self maintaining robots.
      1. bookofjoe · · focus · HN ↗
        >Secure wireless communication of brain–computer interface and mind control of smart devices enabled by space-time-coding metasurface (2025)

        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nature.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;s41467-025-63326-0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nature.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;s41467-025-63326-0

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