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Robots are replacing fast food workers at new Shake Shack

RetiredUSN said:
LMAO..................not in your lifetime.

The first time some driverless truck kills 20 people.

Show me a driverless truck that can find it's way up a logging road, or sand pit, or obstacles to avoid at the dump site.

Get real!
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Self-driving trucks will first be taking over highway driving only - transporting goods between distribution centers would be relatively very easy, compared to the off-road driving you speak of.
 
Verax said:
You may want to read up on what's coming. We're talking ~60% of jobs gone in the next 15-20 years. Perhaps we can re-purpose half of them if we're lucky, what about the other half? It's going to be grueling.
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Oh gnoes. Gone? **** i better look to my betters to take care of me then!
 
Verax said:
They're already far safer than human drivers overall. The hard part is like what you're describing. Complex scenarios in which it needs to properly read all the information and make the right decisions every time.
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Just occurred to me - probably easier to make a self-driving truck in some ways - less size limits on the necessary gear.
 
Renae said:
Oh gnoes. Gone? **** i better look to my betters to take care of me then!
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May have to.

Have some kind of standard living provision or whatever, I mean.

I mean, unless there are enough jobs somehow, with a bunch being automated.
 
The Mark said:
Self-driving trucks will first be taking over highway driving only - transporting goods between distribution centers would be relatively very easy, compared to the off-road driving you speak of.
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The first multi-million dollar lawsuit will end any attempts at self driving 80,000 lb. trucks.
 
The Mark said:
Even if you have to have a driver there for backup, an automated driving system has to be less stressful for the driver over time, what with not needing to shift, steer, or use pedals and other controls most of the time.

Less accident possibility?
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Yep, new Tesla's come with level 2 or 3 autopilot where it can drive for you in some scenarios. Like if you're going down the highway it will hold the lane for you. Also if you are coming up on vehicles in front of you too quickly it will trigger an emergency system that automatically brakes and stops you from crashing. It can also do avoidance.
 
Verax said:
You may want to read up on what's coming. We're talking ~60% of jobs gone in the next 15-20 years. Perhaps we can re-purpose half of them if we're lucky, what about the other half? It's going to be grueling.
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I'm betting we see a return to indenture.

Like a corporation pays for your education and you are forced to work for that corporation for whatever it wants to pay you u til they recoup their investment and a tidy profit.

Or you can starve. Freedom.
 
RetiredUSN said:
You obviously are not mechanically inclined.
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I'm referring to the equipment necessary to make a vehicle self-driving capable.
Sensors (cameras, range finders, other stuff, I would guess)
Computers (to process data and send the controls commands)

Stuff like that.
 
Renae said:
Oh gnoes. Gone? **** i better look to my betters to take care of me then!
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RetiredUSN said:
LMAO..................not in your lifetime.

The first time some driverless truck kills 20 people.

Show me a driverless truck that can find it's way up a logging road, or sand pit, or obstacles to avoid at the dump site.

Get real!
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I am posting right now on a device that was sci fi when I was a kid.

They'll get over the road trucking first. Then as the tech matures they'll get to the things you mention.

Self driving cars already exist. Elements are common in private vehicles. All that collision avoidance stuff.

And we don't have to see complete loss of jobs for it to **** us. Even the needed truck drivers won't be paid much due to competition for what driving jobs remain.
 
longview said:
I think people do not understand that raising the minimum wage, makes robots more economical.
Buckey's has been using the ordering Kiosks for a few years, a limited menu, but seems to work good.
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It's a replacement that is going to happen regardless of minimum wage rates. The only difference at best would be tomorrow instead of today. But it isn't like a several year's difference in happening.
 
Renae said:
Oh gnoes. Gone? **** i better look to my betters to take care of me then!
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Can't WAIT til you have to eat your words because you can't afford food.

All y'all.

Nuh Uh!

The conservative debaters battle cry.
 
What if...? said:
I'm betting we see a return to indenture.

Like a corporation pays for your education and you are forced to work for that corporation for whatever it wants to pay you u til they recoup their investment and a tidy profit.

Or you can starve. Freedom.
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I wouldn't doubt it. The end result is large corporations are going to continue to wield even greater power. I can imagine some dystopian sci-fi realities emerging.
 
The Mark said:
I'm referring to the equipment necessary to make a vehicle self-driving capable.
Sensors (cameras, range finders, other stuff, I would guess)
Computers (to process data and send the controls commands)

Stuff like that.
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Ahhh..............I see

You forget all the mechanical additions like hydraulics, sensors, servos, hoses, braces, fluid tanks, etc. etc. etc.

It's all fun and games until it until the structural reality sets in.
 
RetiredUSN said:
The first multi-million dollar lawsuit will end any attempts at self driving 80,000 lb. trucks.
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No.

It will just add more requirements onto the developing software.
 
What if...? said:
Can't WAIT til you have to eat your words because you can't afford food.

All y'all.

Nuh Uh!

The conservative debaters battle cry.
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Without the benevolence of Government, we are doomed... only through their great wisdom and leadership, guiding us to a better tomorrow, where to live, what to eat, how to exist... whatever would we do?
 
RetiredUSN said:
Ahhh..............I see

You forget all the mechanical additions like hydraulics, sensors, servos, hoses, braces, fluid tanks, etc. etc. etc.

It's all fun and games until it until the structural reality sets in.
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That's the controls I spoke of.
But most of that is just mechanical methods of transmitting the commands from the computer, and is way more developed tech already.
 
What if...? said:
I am posting right now on a device that was sci fi when I was a kid.

They'll get over the road trucking first. Then as the tech matures they'll get to the things you mention.

Self driving cars already exist. Elements are common in private vehicles. All that collision avoidance stuff.

And we don't have to see complete loss of jobs for it to **** us. Even the needed truck drivers won't be paid much due to competition for what driving jobs remain.
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Sci-Fi has gone to your brain. It ain't happening in the next 50 years.
 
Verax said:
I wouldn't doubt it. The end result is large corporations are going to continue to wield even greater power. I can imagine some dystopian sci-fi realities emerging.
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I don't see any way we avoid it.

Dopamine is a hell of a drug.

Greed and hunger for power are strongly neurochemically rewarded. Our brains are addictive drug pushers.

Worse, followers are addicted to following. Which explains why folks follow people who they clearly shouldn't follow. Admitting it would cut off their happy juice supply. So they do anything to rationalize ignoring gross misbehavior.
 
The Mark said:
May have to.

Have some kind of standard living provision or whatever, I mean.

I mean, unless there are enough jobs somehow, with a bunch being automated.
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there is just no way people will find a way to create new services, industry or anything, nope... everything ROBOTS, and there is just no hope unless government bureaucrats mete out a few pennies so you can survive. No hope, it's all gone, must look to others.

Ingenuity itself will be automated. We're doomed. Get out the cyanide folks and do the world and yourself a favor...
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
A Macdonald's near me using the order kiosks along with a till person (just one till). Unlike any Mcdonalds I have been at before if you stay in they will bring the food to you at your table. The kiosks have not really reduced labour at this place, just allowed them to be redirected for better customer service
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You can still order in the front though. And, when it comes to the model of sending texts for when your food is read.. well. I am not giving my phone number out to anybody. The kiosks were at the local sub shops for years...
 
Helix said:
absent some sort of apocalyptic dive back into the dark ages, many highly skilled jobs will be also automated eventually. in most of these threads, i see some folks cheering it because they get their jollies pointing and laughing at food workers who want to make more money for their labor. it generally reminds me of someone who lives a block away from the beach laughing that the hurricane just took out the beachfront houses.
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We're laughing because there is land behind us, other opportunities for those the bother to try.
 
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