Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoRobot baristas and AI chefs caused a stir at CES 2024 as casino union workers fear for their jobsabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down18
arrow-up1262arrow-down1external-linkRobot baristas and AI chefs caused a stir at CES 2024 as casino union workers fear for their jobsabcnews.go.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squarePatchlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·11 months agoI can imagine an engineer looking at a push-button bean to cup machine and thinking “how can I make this slightly less efficient and a lot more complicated”.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoMy experience with engineers is kinda the opposite. They love simple, robust machines that they can depend on. It’s the people at the top and venture capitalists that want flashy gimmickry that they can market.
I can imagine an engineer looking at a push-button bean to cup machine and thinking “how can I make this slightly less efficient and a lot more complicated”.
My experience with engineers is kinda the opposite. They love simple, robust machines that they can depend on.
It’s the people at the top and venture capitalists that want flashy gimmickry that they can market.