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· @artonmysleeve ·
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Join the debate, whats better for us humans, are you pro robot or against, comments will be replied to if you want to get into this with me.
If you go back to my post about McDonald's which is here

https://steemit.com/rant/@artonmysleeve/daily-rant-mcdonalds-makes-your-day-hummmmm-maybe-not

Then you might be able to tell that I am against robots taking over jobs, but what do you think.


So McDonald's have put in place their self-service machines so you don't need to talk to a staff member, this to me is pointless, and it stops us having human contact, it also puts staff out of a job too. but what are the pros of having a machine do the hard work so we don't have to?

I can see that robots doing the job of man and things get done quicker,
so you choose your order,
it then relays the order back to you 
then it takes your money
prints out a receipt 
and tells you to go and get into a queue to wait for your food.

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2013/07/12/14/54/robot-148989_960_720.png

ok, this seems quick to me,
but what if you want something changing? like you don't want pickles or you want extra mustard or a big dollop of McD's special sauce on the side. can a machine really do this for you?

What about when the machine take the order and something is wrong with you're food, who deals with the problem then? 
what happens if the machine gets a bug and decided that your having 25 cheeseburgers but your vegetarian. can a machine see that your pissed off with your experience?

I hate the fact that we are coming reliant on these machines, and I am a young man, I love computers and I love the internet, (not just for porn) 

but as anyone got a good argument to put to me why these machines should take over the jobs that normal people have to do to pay there bills?

come on hit me with your best answers, I'd love to hear what you all have to say about this.

to make it interesting, the person who gives the best reply i will hit with a nice upvote of full power, I know its not a lot but I can tell you right now, if you look after the pennies the pound will look after themselves
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@arthur.grafo · (edited)
The argument of whether we should promote or boycott the use of robots goes beyond the big M (the food side of the service industry).

Imagine (this is a bit of a fanciful example, but I'm using it to make a point), that robots have evolved to the point where they have a warm skin, which feels and smells like human skin. The AI side is Sophia at her best and then something, in warmth and just plain niceness.

So, when this happens, for the first time, men are offered the opportunity of choosing the exact appearance of a female robot, which has built in, artificial ovaries (just announced they've been created for women https://steemit.com/childless/@ayasha/artificial-ovaries-for-women-unable-to-brood) and the robot has a womb. This means, the ancient dream of having a woman who adores us is now a reality and she can provide us with fully human children from our matings. So, Peter, Ralph, or whoever, you now have the choice - stick to human women, or go for a r-woman of your own. 

btw  - it has been announced that a fully functional r-male will be available within five years. You do realise what this means, as a male? You decide to woo a woman and she tells you, hold on, I'm still considering whether I want a real male who farts, sometimes has smelly feet etc. You'll (I'm guessing) will dash off to order your ideal wife, where you do not have to worry about competition, since she will be fixated on you.

Is there still a question of which you would choose?

I'm not really interested in learning what your secret desires are, for now I can make the point: We must view our options as affecting our society and it is crucial that the social cost is taken into consideration. For instance, how will your children be affected (however you try to sugar-coat it).

To tell the truth, we have barely scratched the possibilities waiting for us. However, the question we need to face right now is affected by the fact that we face enormous unemployment figures - yet, for decades now, we've accepted our cars being built by robots. 

Okay, then that helps us narrow the argument a bit further. The question is pertinent in situations where we socialise (in the sense wanting to socialise by going out for a meal and being treated like minor royalty, or where we do not wish to waste time in queues for giving our order).

Giving it a bit of thought, and taking various arguments already made into consideration, I think we cannot demand one solution over another. Companies have the right to choose how they can maximise their profits, and we can decide how we wish to maximise the pleasure of an outing, or the purchase of a quick takeaway. At this time, I prefer dealing with people, even if so many of them are real shits.
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@artonmysleeve ·
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love the post, I had to read it after 4 hours sleep but You give a good point, I think If I had to choose between a robot women or the real thing, I think I would go for the real thing tbh, The whole having sex with a machine just is not my cup-of-tea.
even if in 5 years they do give us this women-droid to order, would it not be boring to have a relationship with something that adores you in a way that there is no thrill of the chase. The feeling of that first kiss first touch were there is electric between two people would be taken away, some men would get off over the fact that this machine would do everything for them but these are sad lonely men, tbh.

There are so many ways of looking at things like this, yes we need machines otherwise people would die, (ie ventilators in hospitals) but were does someone draw the line and say enough is enough.

The food industry is a horrible business to be in any way, it's long hours, it is stressful, I know I have worked in the industry for 10 years, but would that be made easier by adding a robot into the mix.

everybody's food would be the same, it would be weighed, cut and placed on a plate in the same as everyone else's. I like the fact that my food looks different to everyone else's.
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@arthur.grafo · (edited)
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Isn't it more likely that with nano techology  we will slowly be turned into cyborgs ourselves?

As for the ... I just realised I am responding with a knee jerk reaction, almost trying to defend my thoughts above with logical answers. When answers can branch off in countless directions, we can either choose to examine them in a logical manner, accepting and rejecting a number of possibilities of each branching, or else, let our imaginations soar and hopefully discover a few new branchings (created by us?) that are more interesting.

Another interesting field is education. Every time someone thinks we do not need teachers, education via the web is the answer, they find they have to employ teachers. At this stage, no AI can handle the odd questions children ask and the need to find new or simpler ways of explaining what the child did not understand.

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The trade: In 1990 I bought a fish n chip shop which also made crusty chicken pieces and burgers. I did not have any cash and so I could not get too picky, but I like the location. I paid about 50% ,ore than I should have, for the turnover declared and the real turnover was almost exactly half what they declared. They must have fed for free a lot of friends during my days of watching the turnover. Within the first month I saw I was in trouble.

I changed the working hours (in South Africa, no small shop stays open after eight in the evening, too risky). From eight, I pushed it to three in the morning. I create the Whopper burger, 600gr of mince (normal, none of that shitty lean meat stuff). Had big buns made for me and advertised that when the bars close, they must come for a burger so that it absorbs the alcohol and helps them get a good nights sleep. I also informed the local police station that if they want a normal burger, they only p[ay one third of the price - so I constantly had a cop car outside my door. Inter-city taxis, each with 15 passengers, started stopping, because I would offer the drivers a whopper and coke for free. 

From midnight to four in the morning my sales were 150% of my full normal hours day.

I found a lovely tearoom in a park, bought it, sold the takeaway, and took it easy for a month. It was not making money, just covering expenses (plus the thefts from my staff, which means it was not a bad business). I advertised that after ten in the evening we re-open until five in the morning as the Night Owl. People who could not sleep would come, play, monopoly, chess etc.
I would have 5to 8 cutomers during the day and about 40 at night. No staff, in many ways it became like a family gathering, people going into the kitchen, making a toasted sandwich, make their coffee and placed their money in the till. Some, at the end of the evening would go into the kitchen and clean up for me. I just could not believe how wonderful it was.

So, my experiences were much more fun for one simple reason: my businesses were mine, not franchises. Would I have employed a robot? Yes, if it has a sense of humour and enjoys interacting with my customers. It would also be useful during the day, ensuring my staff do not rob me blind. Heck, I might have even been able to snooze a bit now and then.
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@arthur.grafo · (edited)
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Hmm...just thought of something that is being argued in the real world. Some are arguing against providing paedophiles with robot children.

Nobody discussed the one thing I wondered about. For a true paedophile to love his little robot girl or boy, the robot would have to have the personality of a child. That brings up a worry - would the mind of a robot child be damaged by being loved by an adult, or could it be created biased towards finding its role natural?

Will sex robots be looked down upon by other robots? Not because of the sex, as such, but because they do it with inferior beings?

https://www.behance.net/gallery/59805651/robots-are-your-friends
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