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Machiavelli-this is your scary robot tale - bullet - 12-19-2017 09:21 PM
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/iron-chefs/546581/
"Visitors to Henn-na, a restaurant outside Nagasaki, Japan, are greeted by a peculiar sight: their food being prepared by a row of humanoid robots that bear a passing resemblance to the Terminator. The “head chef,” incongruously named Andrew, specializes in okonomiyaki, a Japanese pancake. Using his two long arms, he stirs batter in a metal bowl, then pours it onto a hot grill. While he waits for the batter to cook, he talks cheerily in Japanese about how much he enjoys his job. His robot colleagues, meanwhile, fry donuts, layer soft-serve ice cream into cones, and mix drinks. One made me a gin and tonic...."
RE: Machiavelli-this is your scary robot tale - olliebaba - 12-19-2017 10:31 PM
With all the small businesses California killed with its 15 dollar an hour law that's who they'll need. It's in their future too.
RE: Machiavelli-this is your scary robot tale - ODUsmitty - 12-19-2017 10:54 PM
One would think with all of the North Korean refugees that are likely coming in the near future, that Japan could man many of those low-skill jobs at a very affordable price to people that would consider such jobs, with low pay, an immense upgrade. I know the Koreans and Japanese do not necessarily embrace one another, but in this instance there may be a symbiotic relationship possible.