{"id":91901,"date":"2019-06-10T14:22:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T21:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/can-self-replicating-robots-lead-to-a-society-without-scarcity"},"modified":"2019-06-10T14:22:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T21:22:49","slug":"can-self-replicating-robots-lead-to-a-society-without-scarcity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/can-self-replicating-robots-lead-to-a-society-without-scarcity","title":{"rendered":"Can Self-Replicating Robots Lead To A Society Without Scarcity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/can-self-replicating-robots-lead-to-a-society-without-scarcity.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\\'blog-photo\\' href=\"https:\/\/www.analyticsindiamag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/horn-of-plenty-cornucopia-autumn-thanksgiving-harvest-landscape-oil-painting-food-abundance-walt-curlee.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:none;\" data-attachment-id=\"38935\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.analyticsindiamag.com\/can-self-replicating-robots-lead-to-a-society-without-scarcity\/horn-of-plenty-cornucopia-autumn-thanksgiving-harvest-landscape-oil-painting-food-abundance-walt-curlee\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/can-self-replicating-robots-lead-to-a-society-without-scarcity.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,585\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{\u201caperture\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d credit\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d camera\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d caption\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d created_timestamp\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d copyright\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d focal_length\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d iso\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d shutter_speed\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d title\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d orientation\u201d:\u201d0\u201d}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.analyticsindiamag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/horn-of-plenty-cornucopia-autumn-thanksgiving-harvest-landscape-oil-painting-food-abundance-walt-curlee-e1557487632375-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/can-self-replicating-robots-lead-to-a-society-without-scarcity.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/can-self-replicating-robots-lead-to-a-society-without-scarcity.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"585\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/can-self-replicating-robots-lead-to-a-society-without-scarcity.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.analyticsindiamag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/horn-of-plenty-cornucopia-autumn-thanksgiving-harvest-landscape-oil-painting-food-abundance-walt-curlee-e1557487632375-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.analyticsindiamag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/horn-of-plenty-cornucopia-autumn-thanksgiving-harvest-landscape-oil-painting-food-abundance-walt-curlee-e1557487632375-770x501.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.analyticsindiamag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/horn-of-plenty-cornucopia-autumn-thanksgiving-harvest-landscape-oil-painting-food-abundance-walt-curlee-e1557487632375-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/www.analyticsindiamag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/horn-of-plenty-cornucopia-autumn-thanksgiving-harvest-landscape-oil-painting-food-abundance-walt-curlee-e1557487632375-385x250.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px)  100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><br \/> The status quo of economies today seems to be leaning towards automation as the base provider of all products and services. Owing to rise of robots in factories and AI in computing, automation is becoming one of the most integral parts of society.<\/p>\n<p>While self-replicating robots have largely been kept to science fiction books, their rise is becoming more and more likely with the rise of supplementary technologies such as 3D printing.<\/p>\n<p>This technology could hold the key to a truly post-scarcity society. The question then arises, how would the rise of a post-scarcity society affect human institutions such as economy and governance that rely on scarcity?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.analyticsindiamag.com\/can-self-replicating-robots-lead-to-a-society-without-scarcity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\">Read more<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The status quo of economies today seems to be leaning towards automation as the base provider of all products and services. Owing to rise of robots in factories and AI in computing, automation is becoming one of the most integral parts of society. 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