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Where I used to work I was asked to automate one very time consuming but relatively simple database swap. Every month we needed to move data from an internal da
by WheelsAtLarge 4y ago
Where I used to work I was asked to automate one very time consuming but relatively simple database swap. Every month we needed to move data from an internal database to one that was open to the public. It was simple but it took lots of time so we thought it could be automated. Well it turned out to be very unreliable. There was always some point were it would fail. Someone had to babysit it. We couldn't ever be sure if it worked.
My suspicion is that most jobs that seem like they can be automated will not be fully automated and someone will always have to make sure it's working right. Real life is too varied and machines are unlikely to cope with it.
I doubt that in a few years from now we will see any fully automated fast food places.
- xupybd 4y agoI work in an automated factory. We will not get to zero humans in the loop anytime soon. However we have drastically eliminated the number of unskilled humans required. I've not understood why fast food doesn't use more of the sort of automation we use. I'm guessing it's still cheaper to get more flexible humans to do most of the work. But at the scale they operate I think they might be able to spread the R&D cost and purchase at a massive scale. So I'm surprised automation has not taken over yet. At least to the point that there are very few required to run the machines.