In the show Rick and Morty, Rick builds a robot to pass the butter. Not one to do anything halfway [until he gets bored], Rick uses an advanced AI to control t

In the show Rick and Morty, Rick builds a robot to pass the butter. Not one to do anything halfway [until he gets bored], Rick uses an advanced AI to control the robot. When the AI inquires, "What is my purpose?" the answer is "You pass the butter." That little robot is all of us. But at least a life dedicated to passing the butter is better than one devoted to just holding the salt.