On Sat, 06 Jun 2015 20:01:08 -0500, Ignoramus26399 wrote:
On 2015-06-07, Terry Coombs wrote:
Ignoramus26399 wrote:

[...]

Generally, robots will replace low income people anywhere, but not as
fast as where a high minimum wage is adopted.

After all, a robot can flip burgers pretty well!

i

And very precisely , every burger exactly 1.456 miuntes per side .


The robot also does not complain, and does not need health insurance.

i

Robotic "health care" is a deductible business expense: Maintenance.
"Turnover" would be "Depreciation"? grin

As for complaining, voice synthesis is already out there, so it's just a
matter of time before the the AI level of some of those robots gets them
noticed by the ACLU and PETA. First it'll be a 50msec "coffee break",
then "free networking with the local ATMs"...


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