The Robots are coming (Page 108) zeffur: I doubt they have built in a sniff testet to ensure foods aren't spoiled before they are made into a dish that may kill some one. But, hey, I'm willing to sniff test & trim all of my ingredients to ensure that there aren't any surprises in them before robo chef goes to work! (Edited by zeffur)  ghostgeek: I'm sorry to break the news to you but Chinese robots are way ahead on food sampling: Chinese robots equipped with sensors that imitate human eyes, noses, and tongues are pigging out on the job. The taste-testing robots are sampling mass-produced food to make sure the quality is up to snuff. And according to the South China Morning Post, the bots is already saving food manufacturers millions of dollars. [ https://futurism.com/the-byte/robots-taste-chinese-food ] ghostgeek: More than 10 traditional Chinese food manufacturers have been participating in the government-funded program led by the School of Food and Biological Engineering at Jiangsu University in Zhenjiang for three years, where AI machines ensure the quality of traditional Chinese foods such as cured pork belly, black rice vinegar, fine dried noodles, Chinese yellow wine and tea along various points of the production line. What was once a job held by humans is now automated by AI-powered machines outfitted with electrical and optical sensors to mimic human eyes, noses and tongues, and brains that run a neural network algorithm that locates patterns in data. Placed along the production line, the robots monitor the foods, from raw ingredient to end product, making sure that the foods have consistent colors, smells and tastes. This is achieved through the robot’s artificial tongue which “tastes” the food, collecting visual and aroma information. To train the machines, a panel of food experts taught the AI to learn and simulate human responses to sensory information. All participating Chinese food manufacturers have reported better profits thanks to the AI taste-testing robots, which reportedly sped up the pace of the taste-testing, tasting items in just one second versus the amount of time that it takes humans to complete the same task. Similarly, the robots can work without interruption, unlike humans. In addition to increased productivity, participants have reported reduced production costs and improved product quality and stability. [ https://insights.globalspec.com/article/11831/chinese-food-makers-employ-taste-testing-robot-to-ensure-quality-authenticity ] ghostgeek: Can't but wonder what all those Chinese are going to be doing when they're all out of a job. ghostgeek: Sales of beer-fetching AI robots "like Siri on steroids" are soaring as Britain is a few years from a machine "revolution", experts have told Daily Star. State-of-the-art droids now outclass human waiters and receptionists with predicted job losses as big as when offices started using personal computers. Machine servants will become the norm in restaurants and hotels as they are already five-times cheaper than human counterparts, industry chiefs told us. They can do humanly impossible tasks like working 24/7 carrying four levels of food and drink from kitchens to hundreds of tables at a time. Service robots are said to have boosted champagne sales by £4,000 in a single night at a London restaurant as customers enjoyed not being "judged" by their menu choices. Receptionists are also set to be phased out as dozens are being sold to British businesses up and down the country. [ https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/ai-robot-revolution-brits-buy-24153026 ] ghostgeek: The rise of robots is no longer mere science fiction, with robotics and artificial intelligence infiltrating nearly every area of our lives. From self-serve checkouts in supermarkets to screening legal documents, robots are now working more efficiently and economically than we do in some workplaces. So it's no surprise that a McKinsey report from 2017 predicts that robots will take over 800 million jobs by 2030, which would affect one-fifth of the global workforce. [ https://www.lovemoney.com/gallerylist/61607/companies-already-replacing-humans-with-robots ] ghostgeek: Cambridge Industries Group (CIG) is one of China's leading suppliers of telecoms equipment. Big on automation, the Shanghai-based firm has replaced most of its workforce with robots, so the company now only has 700 workers. CIG plans to have a 90% automated workforce soon, eventually creating energy-efficient 'dark factories' where robots toil away in pitch-black darkness. [ https://www.lovemoney.com/gallerylist/61607/companies-already-replacing-humans-with-robots ] ghostgeek: We may soon be saying goodbye to human bartenders as the world’s first bionic version, Makr Shakr, has been installed on cruise liners and in bars on the Las Vegas strip. First created in 2013, the latest version of the robot has two bionic arms which can shake cocktails and squeeze lemons more accurately than any resident Tom Cruise-style mixologist. It can also make up to 120 drinks an hour. That's some Happy Hour. [ https://www.lovemoney.com/gallerylist/61607/companies-already-replacing-humans-with-robots ] ghostgeek: It could be that tipping will disappear, but given that you probably won't have any money to spend anyway I'm thinking it's not something to cry over: Foxconn, the Chinese company that makes Apple, Samsung and Microsoft devices, replaced 60,000 human workers with robots in 2016. Eventually, the company hopes to automate all roles that involve monotonous repetitive tasks. [ https://www.lovemoney.com/gallerylist/61607/companies-already-replacing-humans-with-robots ] Best thing people can do if they want to keep their jobs, and a pay packet, is not ask for a rise. ghostgeek: It’s widely reported that about 80 percent of food taste is down to smell. To people who have lost their sense of smell, food can taste repugnant. If you pinch your nose, a strawberry does not taste sweet ,and coffee tastes bitter. What we taste comes down to both the smell of the food before we eat, and the aromatic molecules released in the mouth. A food’s aroma can be profiled using a technique called gas chromatography. The company Foodpairing have trained an AI to suggest the most appealing flavors, based on shared aroma profiles. For instance, a gas chromatography of a strawberry shows it has fruity, cheesy, green and roasted aromas, so Foodpairing’s AI suggests pairing strawberry with cheesy parmesan. It may sound unconventional, but it works. [ https://www.foodunfolded.com/article/ai-and-the-future-of-flavour ] ghostgeek: More than 10 traditional Chinese food manufacturers that have taken part in a government-funded AI-tasting programme for more than three years are reporting significantly better profits, paving the way for mass application of the technology, the China National Light Industry Council said in the report. The council, formerly known as the State Bureau of Light Industry, said the foods being tasted by robots included cured pork belly, black rice vinegar, fine dried noodles, Chinese yellow wine and tea. It said the robots had boosted the manufacturers’ profits by more than 300 million yuan (US$44.5 million) since 2015. [ http://msensory.com/artificial-intelligence-robots-that-can-taste-smell-see-boost-profits-in-chinese-food-factories-paving-way-for-mass-use-south-china-morning-post/ ] ghostgeek: A robot vacuum cleaner made a break for freedom after giving staff the slip at a Travelodge hotel. The automated cleaner failed to stop at the front door of the hotel in Orchard Park in Cambridge on Thursday, and was still on the loose the following day. Staff said it just kept going and "could be anywhere" while well-wishers on social media hoped the vacuum enjoyed its travels, as "it has no natural predators" in the wild. It was found under a hedge on Friday. Staff at the hotel posted the story of the robot vacuum's great escape on social media, asking for it to be returned, if found. "Today we had one of our new robot vacuums run for its life," the assistant manager wrote. "They normally sense the lip at the entrance [to the hotel] and turn around, but this one decided to make a run for it." [ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-60084347 ] ghostgeek: Music algorithms are designed to be feedback loops, ensuring that the promoted new songs are virtually identical to your favorite old songs. Anything that genuinely breaks the mold is excluded from consideration almost as a rule. That’s actually how the current system has been designed to work. Even the music genres famous for shaking up the world—rock or jazz or hip-hop—face this same deadening industry mindset. I love jazz, but many of the radio stations focused on that genre play songs that sound almost the same as what they featured 10 or 20 years ago. In many instances, they actually are the same songs. [ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/old-music-killing-new-music/621339/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB ] ghostgeek: I learned the danger of excessive caution long ago, when I consulted for huge Fortune 500 companies. The single biggest problem I encountered—shared by virtually every large company I analyzed—was investing too much of their time and money into defending old ways of doing business, rather than building new ones. We even had a proprietary tool for quantifying this misallocation of resources that spelled out the mistakes in precise dollars and cents. Senior management hated hearing this, and always insisted that defending the old business units was their safest bet. After I encountered this embedded mindset again and again and saw its consequences, I reached the painful conclusion that the safest path is usually the most dangerous. If you pursue a strategy—whether in business or your personal life—that avoids all risk, you might flourish in the short run, but you flounder over the long term. That’s what is now happening in the music business. [ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/old-music-killing-new-music/621339/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB ]  Fractured fairy tale: The Music Industry Uses Auto Tune On peoples Voices ,There been doing it for Ages ,Most every song you Hear The singers voice is manipulated too hit the Note , They do it on them Talent Shows too  RadicalRedRadish: There is a very obvious solution to the robot threat, and that is to refuse to buy robots. As big companies try to cut costs, they'll compete themselves out of the market. There are plenty of preppers and the like who are going back to the land. I think we need a law that nobody is allowed to build or own or use a machine that replaces human labor. 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