I think we will go through a ten to fifteen year period where the undisputed accuracy and efficiency of robots will be the deciding factor. For a couple of years, robots will absorb a large chunck of pink, blue collar and some white collar jobs. Then, I think we will reach a point where many things are perceived at once.
We will realize that too many people are being made jobless by this wall to wall robotizing of society. There may be certain quotas for human employees made standard practice. A lot of us will miss the day to day human interaction we all used to take for granted. At this point, some industries will play up as a selling point that ‘we employee people, who talk to you, and listen to you, we are virtually robot-free, come see for yourself! At this point we may have a generation of children who have truly never learned how to act around other people in a cooperative manner. That will also need to be deliberately resumed. Lovers may have never learned how to socialize and have spontaneous fun. Charm Schools, under a different name will come back in great demand.
Robot hamburger factory makes 360 Gourmet Burgers every hour...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3100817/posts
Pizza pronto! Vending machine that rustles up a fresh pie in just THREE minutes...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3189482/posts
For some reason you make me recall an old story...true or not, I do not know...
Back when the steam shovel was first invented,
there was a big public display of its abilities.
The creators claimed that their invention could do the work of 100 men.
The laborers bemoaned that, saying it would put shovelers out of work.
The creators of the steam shovel replied,
“then why not take away your shovels and use 1000 men with teaspoons”.
...or something like that...
They would call me and I would find them a real person to help them rather then funneling them into "voice tree hell".
There are certain places where they have made a major mistake in replacing people with automation.