October 21, 20232 yr Get ready boys and girls, the next stage of human evolution is on the way. BBC News - Amazon trials humanoid robots to 'free up' staffhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67163680
October 21, 20232 yr More and more industries are looking to replace their human workers with machines. Here in the USA there are fast food joints using automated kiosks to replace cashiers and more automated machines to prepare the food. The reason is simple: money. Workers in the USA are demanding $20+ an hour to work at a store or fast food place. This is unreasonable, and companies will do what they have to to save money and maintain their profit. Dave Simulator: P3Dv6.1 System Specs: Intel i7 13700K CPU, MSI Mag Z790 Tomahawk Motherboard, 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Video Card, 3x 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 2280 SSDs, Windows 11 Home OS My website for P3D stuff: https://sites.google.com/view/thep3dfiles/home
October 22, 20232 yr Author 23 hours ago, dave2013 said: Here in the USA there are fast food joints using automated kiosks to replace cashiers Lots of that in the UK, where I live too. In Mc Donald's you order and pay at a large touchscreen as you walk in. Most supermarkets have self service checkouts now. Scan yourself as you shop with a scanner and pay at the self checkout. At smaller food places like Co-Operative and Marks and Spencer's for example, you simply self scan at the checkout and pay with your card, contactless or pin number, or cash. That's been the case for ages now. DIY stores too, like B&Q. Yes, it is primarily a way to cut down on the cost of checkout operators. Busses in Guernsey are all contactless by card now, less hassle for the driver. Even with somebody serving in shops its mostly chip and pin or contactless now. Don't remember the last time I paid cash in a shop. I don't think it contributes to unemployment, it just moves the workforce elsewhere. The pace of technological progress will march on and continue to change all of our lives. My daughter has a clock with Alexa built in. Lets just say I'm always polite and kind to Alexa, so that one day, when AI rules, it/they will remember my kindness. 😁
October 22, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, newtie said: If your job is repetitive in nature, it's only a matter of time. Surely all jobs are repetitive in nature?
October 22, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, martin-w said: The pace of technological progress will march on and continue to change all of our lives. Very true. I must admit the rush to a cashless society leaves me…anxious. We are what we spend. Big Brother now has us timed and date-stamped every time we leave our homes….
October 22, 20232 yr Author 32 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said: Very true. I must admit the rush to a cashless society leaves me…anxious. I'm fine with it to be honest. I see it as a positive thing for quite a few reasons.
October 22, 20232 yr Most of our gas stations where I go to in New Zealand are fully unmanned now, we have robot waiters serving food in restaurants, automated distribution centres, self checkouts, online shopping etc, but with all that our unemployment rates still remain very low and we still have a labour shortage, but what changes is our dependency on immigrating labour into low wage jobs decreases because it lowers that demand on low wage jobs and shifts immigration policies towards high skilled labour instead. For a nation of only 5 million this concept has been a benefit. But in larger populations it could lead to mass unemployment for the lower income earners if people are unable to adapt, for the USA that is a very large portion of it's population, and in China they currently have the highest youth unemployment rate in its history, nothing for them to do. Edited October 22, 20232 yr by Matthew Kane Matthew Kane I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me
October 23, 20232 yr Author 14 hours ago, Matthew Kane said: Most of our gas stations where I go to in New Zealand are fully unmanned now, we have robot waiters serving food in restaurants, automated distribution centres, self checkouts, online shopping etc Robot waiters!!! 😁 When I visited your beautiful islands over 30 years ago my former wife and me thought you were a bit behind the UK... but honestly, if you now have robot waiters you've leapt ahead of us. I hope you've taught them Asimov's three laws of robotics Matthew. 🤔 😄
October 23, 20232 yr When machines do all the work of humans, what will humans do? My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
October 23, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, stans said: When machines do all the work of humans, what will humans do? Make more humans........🙂 Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
October 23, 20232 yr Author 2 hours ago, stans said: When machines do all the work of humans, what will humans do? Art, science, look after the flora and fauna, mess about with the latest quantum graphics card, what ever takes our fancy. Me personally, I'll be building my next busty blonde synthetic human housekeeper, I say my next because I'll have several. Might look at bit like this machine below...
October 23, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, martin-w said: Robot waiters!!! 😁 Yep they started to appear over a year ago and I’m seeing them in more locations around the country, one of them is called Bella and my kids love them Matthew Kane I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me
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