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Re: Techno Job-Killers
« Reply #45 on: March 14, 2017, 12:02:36 PM »
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Re: Techno Job-Killers
« Reply #46 on: March 14, 2017, 12:08:22 PM »
I sold all my SLAVES

I'm looking into ROBOTS
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Re: Techno Job-Killers
« Reply #47 on: April 13, 2017, 02:48:11 PM »
>cheaper than slaves

Chinese firm halves worker costs by hiring army of robots to sort out 200,000 packages a day

(South China Morning Post) http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2086662/chinese-firm-cuts-costs-hiring-army-robots-sort-out-200000
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Re: Techno Job-Killers
« Reply #48 on: April 13, 2017, 07:13:26 PM »
Quote from: rcjordan on April 13, 2017, 02:48:11 PM
>cheaper than slaves

Chinese firm halves worker costs by hiring army of robots to sort out 200,000 packages a day

(South China Morning Post) http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2086662/chinese-firm-cuts-costs-hiring-army-robots-sort-out-200000

I wonder how long it will be before we have anti-robot groups going around sabotaging stuff !
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Re: Techno Job-Killers
« Reply #49 on: April 13, 2017, 11:44:46 PM »
I've been expecting a return of the Luddites any time now.  The recent up-welling of populist|anti-science agendas has a strong tinge of techno-revolt in it.
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Re: Techno Job-Killers
« Reply #50 on: April 14, 2017, 02:08:52 AM »
Quote from: rcjordan on April 13, 2017, 11:44:46 PM
I've been expecting a return of the Luddites any time now.  The recent up-welling of populist|anti-science agendas has a strong tinge of techno-revolt in it.

Don't forget, the Luddites were right about everything except the belief that they could succeed in the long run.

I'm reading Grapes of Wrath right now (which is amazing) and the chapter on the the tractor driver resonates so strongly with today. And Steinbeck was right too.
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Re: Techno Job-Killers
« Reply #51 on: April 14, 2017, 02:32:31 AM »
There will be an uprising (or three) similar to the Ford Massacre.  This time, the protesters & Luddites will be branded as 'domestic terrorists' and be gunned down by robotic security guards.
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Re: Techno Job-Killers
« Reply #52 on: April 14, 2017, 10:00:34 PM »
College Replaces Cafeteria Staff With Machines

http://www.vocativ.com/421260/suny-orange-cafeteria-staff-machines/
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Re: Techno Job-Killers
« Reply #53 on: April 26, 2017, 02:10:17 PM »
Burger flipping robots. Pretty soon you won't need any humans in a fast food restaurant.

https://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2017/03/09/burger-flipping-robot-could-spell-the-end-of-teen-employment/#.tnw_M51JH7Ct
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Re: Techno Job-Killers
« Reply #54 on: April 26, 2017, 02:25:53 PM »
So they can screw up my order without any human involvement?
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Re: Techno Job-Killers
« Reply #55 on: April 26, 2017, 03:02:01 PM »
>>So they can screw up my order without any human involvement?

It is the human involvement that usually screws it up. I am looking forward to the machines getting it right. I already like the ordering kiosks at McDonalds. And more and more I am using apps to order ahead of time at places like Chick-fil-A and Five Guys. Very, very rarely have any screw-ups when using those.
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Re: Techno Job-Killers
« Reply #56 on: April 26, 2017, 05:05:17 PM »
They'll always need people to write the software, classic problem, programs that write programs, or programs that can even tell what another program's purpose is.

Maybe they'll feed us burger and fries wihle we sit, chained to a PC, coding away, with an early-model sex-robot giving us blowjobs and the occasional electric shock ;+}
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Re: Techno Job-Killers
« Reply #57 on: December 07, 2017, 08:10:55 PM »
Robots Will Transform Fast Food


https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/iron-chefs/546581/

Check out the estimated ROI.
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Re: Techno Job-Killers
« Reply #58 on: December 13, 2017, 01:25:07 AM »
Robots are being used to shoo away homeless people in San Francisco

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Knightscope’s business model, according to Popular Science, is to rent the robots to customers for $7 an hour, which is about $3 less than minimum wage in California.

https://qz.com/1154649/a-knightscope-security-robot-is-being-used-to-shoo-away-homeless-people-in-san-francisco/
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