• DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    What are your use cases?

    Rescue work.
    Mobility aids.

    …and?

    Even then it will all hinge on battery improvements which are illusive so far. I hate to think what the lithium fires will look.

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        19 hours ago

        Do you not know how Capitalism works? You techno-optimists always seem to have this blindspot:

        Is it cheaper than a worker that’s not using one?

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          2 hours ago

          I have no idea what your argument is here. The technology will be used where it makes sense to use it, where it provides value relative to cost. Cost and capability will improve as the technology matures. What are you saying the problem is?

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            1 minute ago

            You’re a techno-optimists making claims of certainty about the future based on your ideas. Fact is, it’s not being used now for a reason. Such exoskeletons have been around for over 25 years, and have not come to fruition.

            Claiming they must, that it’s certain, when they haven’t is a faulty corporate logic, on par with "LLMs will be super intelligent one day, and “we’re in the singularity all technology will keep becoming infinitely better”

            Battery density is ultimately a hard problem. Physocs and science has limits. Expecting those to be traverse just because you have beliefs or really like a technology. Is foolish.

            There’s literally hundreds of "next gen battery " claims that don’t pan out each year. Go look how many times a salt-battery has been attempted. Some problems are more difficult than infinite growth techno-optimists realise.

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoskeleton_(human)