Almost like we are a peripheral for the software. Go there, pick that up, take it over there Marshall Brain (founder of http://www.howstuffworks.com/ http://ww

Almost like we are a peripheral for the software. Go there, pick that up, take it over there Marshall Brain (founder of http://www.howstuffworks.com/ http://www.howstuffworks.com/) described this around 10 years ago in his book, Manna (free to read online[1]) looking at how automation could change things in the not-too-distant future: Manna told employees what to do simply by talking to them. Employees each put on a headset when they punched in. Manna had a voice synthesizer, and with its synthesized voice Manna told everyone exactly what to do through their headsets. Constantly. Manna micro-managed minimum wage employees to create perfect performance. The software would speak to the employees individually and tell each one exactly what to do. For example, "Bob, we need to load more patties. Please walk toward the freezer." [1] http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm