While chicken nuggets and bacon get made in factories by giant machines, some human element has always been necessary, because machines simply aren't that good at precision butchering. Until now. Behold the automatic ham-deboning robot:
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We keep teaching robots the skills they will need to rise up against us (like the lying robot). This is foolish. They are already taking our jobs.
Via Neatorama
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"I make a point not to forget that this thing I'm cutting in front of me gave its life for us to eat."
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