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One day robots will replace humans.

I look forward to that future.



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Machines are good when they are used to complement humans, not when they replace them.



The $15 minimum wage is ludicrous. There are only two ends for that plan. The best case is a MASSIVE spike in inflation that will ultimately drag the dollar value so low that the pay increase is completely offset. The worst case is frankly total economic collapse as large companies get lean in order to compensate for the enormous spike in payroll costs and small business in general is completely whipped out. It's another short sited proposal made by people so obsessed with their own, personal, immediate convenience that they can't pause to consider the broader ramifications of what they propose. And flipping burgers should NOT net you $15 an hour buddy.



Well then.... What about when they mess up?? Or someone drops their food?? a spill in the food court?? are robots gonna clean those things? There's many things Robots cant do.  



VGPolyglot said:
Machines are good when they are used to complement humans, not when they replace them.

Its going to happend eventually, unless nothing is done to prevent it though.

Maybe not in the next 100years but eventually.

And dont kid yourself thinking its only the low payed jobs,

wouldnt be surprised to see Doctors and the like in the future be robots too.

Just a question of when we can make sufficiently advanced robots.

 

At that point, greed of corporations could screw over entire societies.



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JRPGfan said:
VGPolyglot said:
Machines are good when they are used to complement humans, not when they replace them.

Its going to happend eventually, unless nothing is done to prevent it though.

Maybe not in the next 100years but eventually.

And dont kid yourself thinking its only the low payed jobs,

wouldnt be surprised to see Doctors and the like in the future be robots too.

Just a question of when we can make sufficiently advanced robots.

Economies need money to function.  You couldn't replace everyone but middle managers and CEOs with robots, the end result would be *no customers* and therefore no *business*



JRPGfan said:

Do people want to eat at a resturant, where your meal is prepaired by a robot arm? and maybe you dont even have a guy takeing orders, but you talk into a mic like siri?

Is that really the future?
If they go that route just boycut eating there.

McDonalds be greedy :p

 Actually I would prefer food to be prepared by robots rather than humans. Nobody doing disgusting stuff to your food letting hair fall into it or dead skin cells sweat bacteria etc.

I would love a fully automated restaurant with zero human employees if the quality of the food is as good as human made food.



Nuvendil said:
JRPGfan said:

Its going to happend eventually, unless nothing is done to prevent it though.

Maybe not in the next 100years but eventually.

And dont kid yourself thinking its only the low payed jobs,

wouldnt be surprised to see Doctors and the like in the future be robots too.

Just a question of when we can make sufficiently advanced robots.

Economies need money to function.  You couldn't replace everyone but middle managers and CEOs with robots, the end result would be *no customers* and therefore no *business*

Thats what we re all saying.

Too many Robots takeing jobs away, and societies will collapse.



Nuvendil said:
JRPGfan said:

Its going to happend eventually, unless nothing is done to prevent it though.

Maybe not in the next 100years but eventually.

And dont kid yourself thinking its only the low payed jobs,

wouldnt be surprised to see Doctors and the like in the future be robots too.

Just a question of when we can make sufficiently advanced robots.

Economies need money to function.  You couldn't replace everyone but middle managers and CEOs with robots, the end result would be *no customers* and therefore no *business*

 You could give everyone a base sallary, once robots are sufficently advanced and can produce themselfs there is really no need for human workers anymore.



Looks like the rich are about to get richer again.