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byskam240 ( 789197 ) writes:
What a ridiculous expression of Japan's intolerance to letting foreigners in. Now instead of having immigrant shop workers who pay the variety of Japanese taxes that exist as well as spending their paycheck in country they're paying out for robots and sending paychecks out to off shored labor.
bykhb ( 266593 ) writes:
Perhaps it is more complex.
Many years ago, while visiting Tokyo on business, I recall my Japanese colleagues explaining to me why so many preferred small purchases at vending machines vs. humans it boiled down to the avoidance of all the complex social nicieties of Japanese politeness. Importing workers involves not only training them in Japanese, but in the complex corner cases of manners and ultimately failing vs. dealing with a “robot” which evades all of that. And, I think the hope is that the robots will become increasingly autonomous and until they achieve some AGI level, there still won’t be a need for the tiresome (their description, not mine) of all the layers of manners.
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byskam240 ( 789197 ) writes:
If they can't handle a foreign person behind the counter who doesn't quite get all their customs then that's part of their problem.
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