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Topic	Controversial Opinion #4: Automation
LinkPizza 04/03/21 8:38:18 AM #17:	blu posted... This isnt automation this is specialization and also have two people doing the work instead of 1. The automation isn't the cashier. The automation is the self-checkout... blu posted... Again, not automation and youre just talking about a poor implementation of technology. I find I have greater levels of customization when ordering from apps/table kiosks/ By automation in this example, I'm talking about things that could end up replacing humans. And the apps would most likely be a part of that... blu posted... How people are personally affected is definitely important. But let me mention a couple ways automation may have helped your personal life. Lower cost of products. Higher quality products. Access to a wider variety of products. It saves lives. For example, do you play guitar? If you do, you may have noticed how guitars available to amateurs have changed throughout the years. Frets are now less sharp causing less finger pain and beginners to quit. Frets are more in place, not hanging off the edge. Pickups are better and more wound than in the past. Intonation is better. Action and bridges are set more properly. Body carves to fit your form, previously only found on high end guitars, are becoming standard on mid-ranged guitars. This just starts to touch how automation has improved a guitar in the past couple of decades. Almost everything you touch is only possible in its current form through automation in ways you dont even know. Some of these may have happened, but not necessarily. I mean, some companies are pretty scummy. And even though automation has lowered their costs, they may keep things at the same price to make a bigger profit. Also, while quality goes up in some cases, automation can also actually lower the quality in other cases. Going from making something by hand to mass producing it can cause quality to actually lower. Meaning that automation can go either way... Especially if the company is trying to save money... As for access to wider products, not really sure what you mean by this one. I believe without automation, we'd still have access to many thing. Maybe less overall, though I believe the quality would actually be better. For saving lives, I think those are also more specific things. For example, I don't really see self-checkouts or food making robots constantly saving lives. Since I know nothing about guitars, that example doesn't mean much to me since I have not noticed any difference between older and newer guitars... So, it's not an example that helps me to see anything good in automation... And I'd still rather not have it. Or, not have it much... --- Official King of Kings Switch FC: 7216-4417-4511 Add Me because I'll probably add you. I'm probably the LinkPizza you'll see around. <cite>LinkPizza posted [p:952416983] in Controvers... [t:79384298]...</cite> <quote>blu posted...</cite> <quote>This isnt automation this is specialization and also have two people doing the work instead of 1.</quote> The automation isn't the cashier. The automation is the self-checkout... blu posted...</cite> <quote>Again, not automation and youre just talking about a poor implementation of technology. I find I have greater levels of customization when ordering from apps/table kiosks/</quote> By automation in this example, I'm talking about things that could end up replacing humans. And the apps would most likely be a part of that... blu posted...</cite> <quote>How people are personally affected is definitely important. But let me mention a couple ways automation may have helped your personal life. Lower cost of products. Higher quality products. Access to a wider variety of products. It saves lives. For example, do you play guitar? If you do, you may have noticed how guitars available to amateurs have changed throughout the years. Frets are now less sharp causing less finger pain and beginners to quit. Frets are more in place, not hanging off the edge. Pickups are better and more wound than in the past. Intonation is better. Action and bridges are set more properly. Body carves to fit your form, previously only found on high end guitars, are becoming standard on mid-ranged guitars. This just starts to touch how automation has improved a guitar in the past couple of decades. Almost everything you touch is only possible in its current form through automation in ways you dont even know.</quote> Some of these may have happened, but not necessarily. I mean, some companies are pretty scummy. And even though automation has lowered their costs, they may keep things at the same price to make a bigger profit. Also, while quality goes up in some cases, automation can also actually lower the quality in other cases. Going from making something by hand to mass producing it can cause quality to actually lower. Meaning that automation can go either way... Especially if the company is trying to save money... As for access to wider products, not really sure what you mean by this one. I believe without automation, we'd still have access to many thing. Maybe less overall, though I believe the quality would actually be better. For saving lives, I think those are also more specific things. For example, I don't really see self-checkouts or food making robots constantly saving lives. Since I know nothing about guitars, that example doesn't mean much to me since I have not noticed any difference between older and newer guitars... So, it's not an example that helps me to see anything good in automation... And I'd still rather not have it. Or, not have it much... --- Official King of Kings Switch FC: 7216-4417-4511 Add Me because I'll probably add you. I'm probably the LinkPizza you'll see around.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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