Robots to perform menial tasks by 2025, write for Engadget quite a bit sooner
By Jacob Schulman 
posted November 30th 2008 5:01AM
posted November 30th 2008 5:01AM
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Ronald McDonaldbots: ROLL OUT!!
Transfatformers? Unsaturated fat in disguise?
More than greets your thighs?!
Isn't this what a wife is for? ;)
Fine ! Now bring robot readers and finally Orwell dream comes true
@Bobby: 2 + 2 = I'll take a number 5 with cheese.
@Metkis .. and possibly rest of us:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjYJ7zZ9BRw&NR=1
Hit it on the nose
So should I be watching that McChicken turn into an autobot sometime? Or maybe that Big Mac? The fries will make a big army..
@Bobby
Now bring robot readers, robot comment posters, robot banner clickers and you have an automated income source :)
Transformers 2: Rise of the Obese
I'm no expert, but that seems like a Gundam crossed with an Evangelion then painted Ronald McDonald colors.
I fail, it's Gundam Unicorn.
@Patriks:
"So should I be watching that McChicken turn into an autobot sometime?"
You mean an "autoBOK?" ;)
Dang, that was funny. Thanks for the laugh
One order of McGundam, side of Char sauce
and the sequel:
McGundam Char's Counter Attack
Woah, hold on a second...
This is a Zeta/ZZ-era Gundam. Char went by Quatro Bajeena in those series.
Sheesh.
You foolish earthnoids forgot about Char's Deleted Affair, during which he was still char aznable.
This is a mod of the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam. The events in which it appears take place after Char's Counterattack... Kamozaki you are wrong.
Wow.
I wish I had all of you guys as friends...
Me, too! So I could beat you all up and steal your lunch money! Wouldn't need much with that McDonald's value menu!
"occupy jobs currently performed by migrant workers"
Ok, is that politcally correct talk for mexicans?
Because migrant worker is basically an agricultural worker, and most of those jobs were LONG AGO taken by machines. There are even machines that need no driver, so, technically, robots already took over those jobs.
Can you repeat after me? Immigrants...
See? Correct and not recist!
Maybe I'm just pissed at the idea of technology dealing yet another blow to the stability of our societies...
Maybe I'm just pissed because I'm poor (and yes, of Mexican blood, haha) and I rely on the burger flipping jobs to pay for college. Unless I climb the corporate ladder soon, my kids are going to get shafted out of an education!
I sure hope your last term paper wasn't on "recism." You might have to get even more comfortable at your burger-flipping environ if you keep that up!
See what 'politically correct' gets you? Just messin'.
you work flopping burgers? this is landmark for Mexicans!
but seriously tell the truth, uv got another job right?... mowing lawns?
"Because migrant worker is basically an agricultural worker, and most of those jobs were LONG AGO taken by machines"
nope, cherry picking, grape picking, potatoes, apples, strawberries the list goes on...
politically correct? i thought that meant things which distinguish a job is only for a man or something like 'businessman' is not correct as it could just as well be 'businesswoman' so u have to say 'businessperson'. I dunno why i am even arguing this anymore if a woman said that to me id slap the bitch! HARD!
then do something about it and stop flipping burgers!!!! if your willing to work for it there are jobs out there that will pay you more, but instead your complaining to the readers of engadget and claiming the race card, will it ever end? i hope so for your childrens sake!
as far as robots writing for engadget? it's about time, you guys could use some new writers!
Hey buttbrains (aka spddrcr), he said he's flipping burgers to pay for college. Being the 5th grade drop out that your reading skill make so obvious, you may have though he meant a bunch of pictures glued to a piece of cardboard, like the one you tried to make for mom but ended up pasting you index finger to the inside of your nose, but that's a "collage". "College" is where people go to get an education so they can get a good job and pay for their children to get an education, thus breaking the chain of poverty - or in other words - doing "something about it."
I made pizzas to pay for college, and I'm white, so any racist BS about some race only being good for fast food (or landscaping, or janitorial work), slather it this way too, and save a heaping dose for yourself, because all races work menial jobs at one time or another, and that doesn't make anybody any better or worse than anybody else.
First, I did fix the "recism" part, it just didn't reply correctly to my original post, hehe.
Second, damn, DWes, I sure could use you in a mock trial, haha. That little diatribe just screams "potential lawyer" to me.
And yes, that's what I'm studying to be. Seen too many kids get hosed over in court to continue to let it happen. Plus, I need the money from high profile clients to pay for my gadget addiction!
Hmm... That just gave me an idea. FREE LEGAL ADVICE FOR GADGETS! Come one, Engadget, you should have a lawyer on retainer... I'll do it for say... a couple old review HDTVs you might have laying around?
It's not only agriculture. It's also construction labor, lawn care, and any other tasks which do not require more than a GED (if even that).
Woops, "racist" not "recist". Damn, need some sleep. Having a girlfriend live 50 miles away sucks.
And yes, I just needed my gadget fix before bed...
Wow, you have a girlfriend. Now all the 7000+ girls that comment daily on this site know that you are cool.
Actually... I could give a rat's ass what 7000 women think, I only care about what my girlfriend thinks...
I wonder when Tokyo Flash will come out with an engagement ring...
"and occupy jobs currently performed by migrant workers and hapless high school students."
Increase unemployment? Smart!
That's what people said during the industrial revolution 200 years ago when many jobs got taken over by steam powered machines. And in the long run unemployment didn't increase and everybody became richer.
But in that case machines were much cheaper and more efficient than people. But somehow i doubt there are many jobs where robots can be cheaper than migrant workers.
@iEye.
Just taking a shot in the dark here, but i'm going to say that your "decision" to not procreate was not actually your choice. but more like the unfortunate result of your douchebaggery.
@iEye
Wow, only 3 iPhones? was expecting someone like you with at least 10..
And how are you actually helping with getting a car that is probably worse than your already bad GM one? (emission wise)
@ iEye: I always get a smile in my face when reading your comments! We will miss you when you die, soon.
The idea would be that the robots would create wealth for us, just like slaves in classical Athens. It might make the citizen body more equal and give us more time for noble pursuits, since the robots will busy themselves with menial tasks. :)
Everyone will be unemployed at some point so it won't matter. The robots will do the work and humans can be free to live their lives as they see fit. Not as wage slaves working 40+ hours a week just to pay for the privilege of living in an industrialized society. Sounds good to me.
i for one am glad ieye isnt procreating.
does this thing come with a side of fries?
awesome! my suicide booth business will bloom in no time!
Nice Futurama reference!
(Let's hope this one replies. Sometimes I feel like a lil frustrated kid "MOOOOOOOOOOOM, Engadget's broken again..."
PC, I'm going to up-rank you, but only because your user name sounds like some sort of paradox.
@Metkis
I downranked him just so it is even again.
And I ranked him up again :p
This will continue ad infinitum...
Engadget's articles aren't already written by thoughtless drones?
I was going to say the same thing but you can have the possible low ranks.
Nope they are written my monkeys on crack.