Machines Versus Latino Servants -- Cont'd
Advances in robotics means that the U.S. faces a hard choice on whether to shift from Latino servants to machines. The LBT's Schultz and Katzenberg duke it out to find the answer.
1. Effectiveness and Performance
Case For Latinos
By CHARLES C. SCHULTZ
“Ain’t nothin’ like the real thing baby!” sang soul legends Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in 1968. It was true then and is still true today. Nothing replaces human touch. Robots can never and will never replace humans. Our Latino servants form part of the fabric of our lives. And the slender (or medium-sized) digits of our Latina maids clean the toughest crevices of our kitchens and bathrooms. How will a robot ever clean out the fruit bins in our refrigerators? Can my colleague explain this? Or help little Bobby get ready for school? Would we trust a robot to change the diapers of pasty-bottomed bambinos?
No, thank you. I’ll take Lupé any day over Robocop.
Case For Machines
By PROF. L. CLEMENT SAMUELSON
C-3PO. R-2D2. These science fiction robots inform us of the broad function robots can have. Robots can be servants – but they can even be whimsical companions or war heroes like our droid friends.
As for manual dexterity, my good friend is not keeping up with the latest technology. All over the world, robots are performing surgeries. Soon robots – in female form factors – will be stimulating us with artificial hands when our own hands become too arthritic to do the job. Robots are up to the task. Rise of the machines!
In the meantime, will my right, honorable friend survey my dutiful robot vacuum cleaner? Today it sucks dirt up out of the floor. Tomorrow... You know the rest. How much do you have to pay your maids for that sort of service? And would you even want to?
