<![CDATA[20th century person: you have robots in the future?]]>20th century person: you have robots in the future?

21stcentury person:: yeah!

20th century person::they cook?

21st century person: nope

20th century person: clean?

21st: century person: no. well, some of them vacuum. not very well

20th century person: but you can talk to them!

21st century person: absolutely, yes. I can say 'turn on the bedroom light' and it will say 'I'm sorry, bedroom light isn't responding'

20th century person: I see

21st century person: then later I call the pharmacy and a robot makes me explain why I'm calling and then it transfers me to another robot which asks me to explain why I'm calling and then it hangs up on me

20th century person: can you ask for a person?

21st century person: HAHAHAHAHAHA

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/beb2f3ad-a158-47f0-bf7b-00d37715b51b/20th-century-person-you-have-robots-in-the-futureRSS for NodeSun, 06 Sep 2026 06:20:25 GMTSat, 15 Aug 2026 05:54:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 20th century person: you have robots in the future? on Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:39:15 GMT]]>@Taweret The CVS phonebot does exactly this almost every time I call the pharmacy.

After getting thoroughly confused by any question outside the scope of its narrow flow chart, it just hangs up.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/analogfusion/statuses/117098620877496255https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/analogfusion/statuses/117098620877496255Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:39:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20th century person: you have robots in the future? on Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:38:04 GMT]]>@Taweret @alicemcalicepants Personally, I blame The Jetsons for giving us high expectations. 🤨

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://writing.exchange/users/benjamincox/statuses/117098616212532828https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://writing.exchange/users/benjamincox/statuses/117098616212532828Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:38:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20th century person: you have robots in the future? on Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:49:06 GMT]]>@Taweret @thegarbagebird oh if *that's* what you're looking for I have good news for you about 2026...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spanner.works/users/bouncinglime/statuses/117098187760713223https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spanner.works/users/bouncinglime/statuses/117098187760713223Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:49:06 GMT