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How would you feel about a robot preparing your food?
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I can think of some large tech firms whose programming staff I'd rather not have coding up algorithms for some robot that makes my food.
(That's a joke, son!)
Otherwise, why would I care, except that the reductio is even fewer jobs for lower-skilled/educated workers? I'd love if they could be skilled/educated or otherwise purposeful, but there's little social good in disaffected people with no sense of purpose, and too much time on their hands.
I wish that were a joke.7 -
I can think of some large tech firms whose programming staff I'd rather not have coding up algorithms for some robot that makes my food.
(That's a joke, son!)
Otherwise, why would I care, except that the reductio is even fewer jobs for lower-skilled/educated workers? I'd love if they could be skilled/educated or otherwise purposeful, but there's little social good in disaffected people with no sense of purpose, and too much time on their hands.
I wish that were a joke.
Honestly that's the primary reason I see in not having a restaurant where all or most of the food is prepared by robots.5 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Oh, please, install one in my kitchen! With programmable recipes!
I hate cooking so much.
ETA: Do you think it does dishes, too?!?
A woman after my own
. Let's share the robot and teach it how to weight and log the food too. 3 -
Keto_Vampire wrote: »I don't necessarily think it would be a bad idea for fast food/convenience food
Would rather have a skilled chef prepare something complex, high end, seasonal, out-of the ordinary, etc. though if I were paying big bucks @ a restaurant though. Also, the human factor is there when someone makes a special request say because of food allergies/intolerances, religious dietary restrictions, etc.
My only worry about this is that you would need to heavily clean the robot when dealing with food allergies. I suspect it'd be easier and more efficient to deal with that issue when food is being made by a person than when it's being made with a robot.
Simple: Disposable coverings for any robotic surfaces that come in contact with food.1 -
I wouldn't eat there.2
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I think a lot of people have skewed impressions (overly optimistic) of the future & technological advances...watching too many movies. Reality for us who work with automation on a daily basis: robots & programs are delicate little flowers/snowflakes...so many of even the slightest variables can require human intervention to correct said robots/automation systems...mainly other humans touching said robots (rant)8
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monkeefan1974 wrote: »Cassandraw3 wrote: »Makes great sense from a quality control perspective. Eliminates the possibility of human error for a consistent product every time.
Funny thing is these burgers have more of a “handmade look” to them than those from a chain restaurant where a person assembles them
This reminds me of a randomizer program applied to manufacturing to simulate "imperfections" so that product appeared as if these were handmade.0 -
I wouldn’t mind, it makes me cringe knowing that someone is preparing my food without gloves I always picture their knuckle hairs getting into my food.0
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I think automation has grave consequences for our society without some kind of UBI but yes, I would eat the burger.1
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How would I feel? Brilliant.1
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monkeefan1974 wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »Keto_Vampire wrote: »I don't necessarily think it would be a bad idea for fast food/convenience food
Would rather have a skilled chef prepare something complex, high end, seasonal, out-of the ordinary, etc. though if I were paying big bucks @ a restaurant though. Also, the human factor is there when someone makes a special request say because of food allergies/intolerances, religious dietary restrictions, etc.
I expect you would get better adherence to those kinds of requests through a well-designed ordering interface and a robotic food preparer than you would in the average restaurant with servers and kitchen staff who may or may not be well trained in those issues.
Yea, half the time the humans get my order wrong at fast food joints, how hard is it to do “no mayo, extra pickles”?!
"Excuse, I'm not satisfied with this burger. Can I talk to the manager please!"...
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"PROBLEM HERE??"
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If it buys me bonus character points with our future robot overlords, I'd happily eat a meal prepared by a robot.
In all seriousness, I think for a typical meal out it would be fine, like at a chain restaurant. But the bonus of eating at restaurants sometime is the chef, the way they personalize the meals every day based on what spices they feel like working with, what meat or produce was freshest at the market today, using more or less of something to compliment the variability in taste and texture of different foods from one day to the next. That would be missing.
The greater concern of automation putting lots more people out of jobs and we as a society having no clue how to deal with that is a whole other can of worms.
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Fight for $15!5
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amorfati601070 wrote: »monkeefan1974 wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »Keto_Vampire wrote: »I don't necessarily think it would be a bad idea for fast food/convenience food
Would rather have a skilled chef prepare something complex, high end, seasonal, out-of the ordinary, etc. though if I were paying big bucks @ a restaurant though. Also, the human factor is there when someone makes a special request say because of food allergies/intolerances, religious dietary restrictions, etc.
I expect you would get better adherence to those kinds of requests through a well-designed ordering interface and a robotic food preparer than you would in the average restaurant with servers and kitchen staff who may or may not be well trained in those issues.
Yea, half the time the humans get my order wrong at fast food joints, how hard is it to do “no mayo, extra pickles”?!
"Excuse, I'm not satisfied with this burger. Can I talk to the manager please!"...
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"PROBLEM HERE??" 0 -
It would likely result in more consistent food preparation in many kitchens. Of course, mochbof whstvwe buy in the grocery store is already prepared by robots right?🤖2
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Yes please, I'll take one.3
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I really don't see how this is new. If you eat anything pre-packaged (anything in a can or box in the supermarket) how do you think it was prepared? You think a human cooked up each of your protein bars or cans of soup or whatever by hand? Robots have been cooking for us for decades, just like they make most of our products.
Probably kind of cool to watch a robot put together a hamburger but it's also cool to see production lines in factories.4 -
just_Tomek wrote: »In Vegas I had my drink made by a robot. I thought it was amazing thing to see!!! The bad thing, you cannot tip the machine in order for it to make the second drink better / stronger
Tip the engineer.
Critical flaw in design control 2 -
just_Tomek wrote: »In Vegas I had my drink made by a robot. I thought it was amazing thing to see!!! The bad thing, you cannot tip the machine in order for it to make the second drink better / stronger
But you take the money saved from the tip to order a double1 -
Hell yes. Prepare my food and log my intake too!2
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Keto_Vampire wrote: »I think a lot of people have skewed impressions (overly optimistic) of the future & technological advances...watching too many movies. Reality for us who work with automation on a daily basis: robots & programs are delicate little flowers/snowflakes...so many of even the slightest variables can require human intervention to correct said robots/automation systems...mainly other humans touching said robots (rant)
Depends a lot on what kind of automation system you're dealing with. There are machine learning based robotic systems that are taught by humans touching them - rather than having a fixed job or having a programmer recode every time there's a change, the robot has a human put its hands through the motions for its task. I believe they even have programming that makes them stop working when it looks like there is a human entering the task space during normal operations to prevent it from ever harming someone.3 -
I’d greatly enjoy a meal prepared by a robot... The technology looks promising. At least I know it was prepared safely... I have a really hard time eating out to begin with, I don’t trust that anyone washes their hands or follows the correct procedures for sanitation..1
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How would I feel about a robot preparing my food?
You clearly haven’t seen me cooking on a ‘oh god not another family meal to make’ day.
I already am a robot ....2 -
Finally! I love it!1
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That's awesome. I've never heard of such a thing, but I can dig it.1
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You should have met my second wife. Total robot. In the kitchen, In the bedroom.4
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They'd struggle to do a worse job than me so i'll take 4 please!2
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Fine with me as long as the robot doesn't spit in my food.1
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Forget about food preparation, sent it to my house to clean!2
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