# Robots fired for doing a bad job

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/robots-fired-for-doing-a-bad-job/21957>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [January 17, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/robots-fired-for-doing-a-bad-job/21957 "2019-01-17T23:05:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/robots-fired-for-doing-a-bad-job/21957/1 "2019-01-17T23:05:20Z")

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This is one reason I reject the doom and gloom outlook on automation and jobs.

[https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/japan-robot-hotel-fires-half-its-robots/](https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/japan-robot-hotel-fires-half-its-robots/)

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/robots-fired-for-doing-a-bad-job/21957/2 "2019-01-18T13:51:29Z")

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Our tribal nature is not satisfied unless our servants are human – wealth in all cultures is really counted by what you can get other people to do for you. Robots, as long as they are know to be robots, cannot fulfill that human desire. Meaning, I’m even less worried than you. /-: