<html><head></head><body><div><span data-mailaddress="foozler83@gmail.com" data-contactname="William Flynn Wallace" class="clickable"><span title="foozler83@gmail.com">William Flynn Wallace</span><span class="detail"> <foozler83@gmail.com></span></span> , 25/6/2014 8:16 PM:<blockquote class="mori" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:2px blue solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="mcntgmail_extra"><div class="mcntgmail_quote"><div>
<div class="mcntgmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68);display:inline;">But seriously, I think many people will be turned off after the initial excitement, at the idea of replacing people. Some oldies go out to eat just to talk to people at counters, etc. So maybe if they pass the Turing test.....</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div><blockquote class="mori" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:2px blue solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="mcntgmail_extra"><div class="mcntgmail_quote"><div><div class="mcntgmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68);display:inline;"></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div>Yo Sushi's (and similar chains) conveyor belts are clearly working, without even robots. Although there there is (1) a constantly updating temptation, and (2) you can signal a waiter for extra orders not on the belt. </div><div><br></div><div>How much social interaction is worth varies from eatery to eatery; some make a big deal out of it, others try to win by price or good food. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>Anders Sandberg, Future of Humanity Institute Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University<br></div></body></html>