Sky Roomba!


I bought a robot window cleaner. I have some high windows which need a ladder just to get the bottom and with this I can just start the robot at the bottom, it cleans the window and then returns to the start point. The bot cost me considerably less than it would have cost to have my windows cleaned once.

So did the robot put a human window cleaner out of work? Probably not since the price of the human cleaner was so high I wouldn’t have paid it. Thus we get an efficiency gain–clean windows, more work for the robots and more for the robot makers too.

The post Sky Roomba! appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.



Source link

  • Related Posts

    What should I ask Fuchsia Dunlop?

    Yes I will be doing a fourth (!) Conversation with her, based in part on her forthcoming book Five Tastes: Delicious Recipes for Chinese Flavors.  I am sure it is…

    Continue reading
    The economics of agents – Marginal REVOLUTION

    Assorted things I’ve been mulling over regarding agents in the economy: • Companies are in some sense the original superintelligence. It’s often the case that they can use their amortized…

    Continue reading

    Leave a Reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    You Missed

    Sky Roomba!

    Sky Roomba!

    Learning to use local AI is exciting, overwhelming, and frustrating

    Learning to use local AI is exciting, overwhelming, and frustrating

    Deadlock’s City Never Sleeps update makes Valve’s MOBA my favorite videogame setting in years

    Deadlock’s City Never Sleeps update makes Valve’s MOBA my favorite videogame setting in years

    5 Small Fashion Styling Changes That Make a Big Impact

    5 Small Fashion Styling Changes That Make a Big Impact

    Cricket quiz: Name the men to take Test hat-trick in past 40 years

    Cricket quiz: Name the men to take Test hat-trick in past 40 years

    13 Best Gifts for Every Traveler Should Have (2026)

    13 Best Gifts for Every Traveler Should Have (2026)