No, it is required by European Law! You know, the law of Europe. You silly Americans, you don't know how great it is here. Did I mention we get free ice cream on Fridays too?
It is funny in every post by a European there is a different number of days "required by law". So far I have heard 20 days, 25 days, 30 days. Is it based on level of smugness?
What? Here in Sweden the minimum legal number is 25 days!!!! You guys are totally screwed!!! It is almost as if different people get different benefits based on different factors! The insanity!
That isn't possible. We all know that in the US everyone gets 10 days of vacation or less, and in Sweden they get at least 25. Read it on the Internet.
It is well known that the US has the highest percentage of first post. It is the reward we get in exchange for only getting 10 days of vacation per year.
That's not possible. That would be like different people can get different amounts of vacation time based on various factors. We all know that isn't possible, and Americans only get 10 days off a year at the most and everyone else gets 120 days off. Read it on the Internet.
Yeah, it's pretty typical. I've never been there but I heard USians work 22x7 and only get 10 vacation and 5 sick days and aren't allowed to take any of them. They must be exhausted.
So why aren't casual dining establishments fully automated yet? Do we need new processors, more memory, what? You could put in conveyor belts that deliver the food right now. Why aren't all these establishments using those?
"And AI will ensure that there aren't any new ones propping up that cannot be filled with AI guided robots"
This is an extraordinary claim. What evidence do you have (other than PR marketing press releases and dystopian movies that you happened to see) that "AI guided" robots will exist?
" could go given logical and reasonable improvements in technology."
Again, what logical and reasonable improvements in technology are you expecting? That is the problem with people: there was such a digital boom from 1980-2010 that they think it is going to go on forever. What they haven't noticed is that the gravy train is ending. There is no magical technology around the corner that is going to make humans obsolete.
"Most times it doesn't need any human intervention at all"
Ah, the old "most times". That is the point there: "most times" it works. Except when it doesn't. That is why you need humans, and unless there is some magic technology that is coming along we will always need humans for those times that aren't "most times". The last 20% of anything is hard to do.
You are right. Watson has decimated the market for Chess, Go, and Jeopardy players. Waymo cars are currently driving around with two engineers in the car, so I guess they have gone from replacing one person with two. Good job.
Employment of waiters and waitresses is projected to grow 7 percent from 2016 to 2026. Trash collectors are supposed to grow by 5% in the same period. What study did you do?
"The point is that we are actually on the verge of being able to automate most of these jobs"
Again, with what magic technology? Did we recently invent something new that is going to replace everything? I must have missed it. Is it that "deep learning" and "AI" stuff?
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No, it is required by European Law! You know, the law of Europe. You silly Americans, you don't know how great it is here. Did I mention we get free ice cream on Fridays too?
Say what? That's amazing! That would mean that different people get different things. Truly groundbreaking discovery. Thanks for the tip!
26?? Here in Sweden the most junior people get 30! Mamma mia!
It is funny in every post by a European there is a different number of days "required by law". So far I have heard 20 days, 25 days, 30 days. Is it based on level of smugness?
What? Here in Sweden the minimum legal number is 25 days!!!! You guys are totally screwed!!! It is almost as if different people get different benefits based on different factors! The insanity!
That isn't possible. We all know that in the US everyone gets 10 days of vacation or less, and in Sweden they get at least 25. Read it on the Internet.
Definitely. That is why Americans are migrating to Europe and Europeans never come to America to live.
Genius!
It is well known that the US has the highest percentage of first post. It is the reward we get in exchange for only getting 10 days of vacation per year.
That's not possible. That would be like different people can get different amounts of vacation time based on various factors. We all know that isn't possible, and Americans only get 10 days off a year at the most and everyone else gets 120 days off. Read it on the Internet.
Wow. That is terrible. Here in Europe we get 160 paid days off a year. It is the LAW!
Yeah, it's pretty typical. I've never been there but I heard USians work 22x7 and only get 10 vacation and 5 sick days and aren't allowed to take any of them. They must be exhausted.
You meant USian. Because America is a continent! Am I hitting all the right themes here?
If you actually lived in a modern, civilized country you would get first post.
Definitely. All Americans work 8-7 and get 10 days of vacation a year. I've never been there, but I read it on the Internet.
Sure it is. With Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower and stuff.
Here in Europe we get 120 paid days off per year! What a country!
So why aren't casual dining establishments fully automated yet? Do we need new processors, more memory, what? You could put in conveyor belts that deliver the food right now. Why aren't all these establishments using those?
"And AI will ensure that there aren't any new ones propping up that cannot be filled with AI guided robots"
This is an extraordinary claim. What evidence do you have (other than PR marketing press releases and dystopian movies that you happened to see) that "AI guided" robots will exist?
Totally! Straight from IBM's marketing department. Good job!
My mistake!
" could go given logical and reasonable improvements in technology."
Again, what logical and reasonable improvements in technology are you expecting? That is the problem with people: there was such a digital boom from 1980-2010 that they think it is going to go on forever. What they haven't noticed is that the gravy train is ending. There is no magical technology around the corner that is going to make humans obsolete.
"Most times it doesn't need any human intervention at all"
Ah, the old "most times". That is the point there: "most times" it works. Except when it doesn't. That is why you need humans, and unless there is some magic technology that is coming along we will always need humans for those times that aren't "most times". The last 20% of anything is hard to do.
You are right. Watson has decimated the market for Chess, Go, and Jeopardy players. Waymo cars are currently driving around with two engineers in the car, so I guess they have gone from replacing one person with two. Good job.
Employment of waiters and waitresses is projected to grow 7 percent from 2016 to 2026. Trash collectors are supposed to grow by 5% in the same period. What study did you do?
"The point is that we are actually on the verge of being able to automate most of these jobs"
Again, with what magic technology? Did we recently invent something new that is going to replace everything? I must have missed it. Is it that "deep learning" and "AI" stuff?