Back to episode — Episode 2823 CWSA 04/28/25
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ever had a better time. But if you'd like to take this experience up to levels that nobody can even understand with their tiny shiny human brains, all you need is a cup or mug or a glass or tankard or chalice or a canteen or jug or flask, a vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee. And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure, the dopamine of the day, the thing that ma…
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Perfect. That's just what I needed.
Well, in Texas somebody 3D printed a Starbucks. It's one of those big 3D printers that does concrete walls and it's just a little drive-thru, so there's no internal seating. So it's a small one. But how long before robots can make the coffee? Oh, turns out that's my next story.
Global coffee report says that AI robots will soon be making your morning coffee. Maybe. Don't you want that? Wouldn't you love to tell your robot to make you a fancy coffee? You know, the reason most people don't make a fancy coffee for themselves is it's just way too much work and time and pain in the ass and you've got to clean up and all that. But if your robot did all of that, I'd make my robot make me some serious coffee. It'd be the best coffee you ever saw. So that's coming.
My little local mall in my town had a coffee robot for a while and it looked like it was more demonstration. It was before AI. It was a few years ago. And I remember I tried it once, but I accidentally ordered the wrong thing. But once the robot starts making the thing, you can't really stop it. So I had to stand there for what seemed like ten minutes while this stupid robot made me a cup of coffee that was the wrong thing. And then I just paid for it and threw it away. So it wasn't a perfect robot coffee making experience. I think it'll get better with AI.
I don't know if it's still the case, but early this morning the lights and the electricity were off in Portugal, Spain, and a big part of France. Now, I don
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't think they know exactly why. I assume it's not some kind of cyber crime because I don't know who would go after Portugal, Spain, and parts of France. That'd be a weird target. But they're dealing with that. And it kind of reminds you how fragile civilization is. There was probably, my guess is, one piece of equipment that went bad and it took three countries offline. So we'll keep an eye on tha…
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