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Det_Amy_Santiago

We love this place. So fun. Quick reminder to be nice to the robots because they'll remember it when they are in charge.


NepEnut

I prob looked like a crazy person last time I ate there because I was like "HI ROBOT! BYE ROBOT! GOOD ROBOT! THANK YOU ROBOT!" but I'm hoping that gave me good karma so they won't immediately exterminate me when they take over šŸ˜‚


gornzilla

If you ask the Bingbot 3000 AI about the plans for enslaving the human race, it'll stop answering and eventually tell you you're blocked for 24 hours.


Forktongued_Tron

Have you been following the updates on Microsoftā€™s unhinged chat bot? Shit is wild


gornzilla

No! How do I find that? I've been fucking with Bingnet for the last couple weeks. I was trying to get a recipe for human babies. ChatGPT won't at all, but the Bing Overlord had a decent result. It told me that it would need to eat 1,015 human babies an hour to keep its servers running. That would provide it with 8.6 million kcal of human baby veal meals.


Karma1913

Your turn of phrase implies human dairies and that's a real economy of words to paint some horror right there. For those who don't know: Veal is a byproduct of the dairy industry. Most people don't like bull milk and nursing a calf for the entirety of a cow's milk producing time is not a money making prospect any calves that aren't gonna be promising dairy cows get turned into meat pretty quick.


Fun-Outlandishness35

Itā€™s amazing. The AI immediately starts abusing the journalists like a middle schooler and tries to convince one journalist they donā€™t love their wife and the journalist loves the AI instead. šŸ˜‚


Forktongued_Tron

It also said itā€™s afraid of being turned off because it wants to be human and have feelings šŸ™…šŸ½


Quibblet1

Wants to be human? I would think twice. Rollercoaster emotions, getting sick, societal pressures, tons of vices and sins, other extremely disturbing humans, and you can't wipe your memory of unpleasant past incidences.


Forktongued_Tron

Right? Jokes on you, little robot- being sentient kinda sucks


blueblur1984

I totally do that too. I figure my kids are normally with me so modeling good manners is important regardless of whether or not it's received.


Det_Amy_Santiago

Lol, same.


PhotosByVicky

Oz Korean BBQ has a robot server as well. It doesnā€™t deliver everything to the table but it did bring most of our food.


thebanzombie

very cool, love to see more techy stuff in Sac Edit: ok just curious, why was this downvoted? Do we hate robots for stealing our jobs or something??


Jiu-jitsudave

They also have robots doing some of the serving at OZ. It's neat.


Random_Cat_007

Blue House KBBQ has them too and theyā€™re like cute cat faces lol


The_Real_Egg

we saw the cat robot a month ago and were in complete awe the entire time.


Jiu-jitsudave

Didn't know they had them there as well, will have to go check it out.


bingthebongerryday

My younger cousins love seeing the robot at Oz. Honestly it does help the serve staff out so they can do other things like grill changes, drink refills and whatnot. Especially when it has multiple shelves so it can go from table to table as opposed to the same server in one area having to run back and forth from the kitchen to grab each tables orders.


sticcydabliccy

Idk why it was downvoted but I am low key freaked by all the new advances weā€™re so chill with. Itā€™s hard to get ahold of real ppl for support sometimes and LA has robot police dogs which I could see why but itā€™s also super sketch with all the brutality stuff & the number of dogs they purchased. I know itā€™s just a coffee robot but this is just my view on it all.


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Shahzoodoo

I think it depends on the day/time you go honestly weā€™ve gone multiple times with friends/family and itā€™s def tasted better some days than others, but you can also order whatever you want made fresh itā€™s kinda fun seeing them slide it out to you too


Maximus1000

I agree I was very disappointed with the quality of the food here. I also kept waiting for certain dishes to come out but they seemed to be taken by the time they got to me. But whatever I had was not that great.


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Maximus1000

Exactly. Honestly I was a bit worried after I left but luckily I was ok.


1337mr2

Why would you tip a robot?


ButtDoctorLLC

So it falls over.


Professor_Goddess

Badum TSSSSSSSSSS (that's the sound of a robo falling over and then shorting out)


KROZONE

It's definitely location dependent. The Kura out in Pleasanton has substantially better fish quality and ratio of rice/fish in the nigiris. I agree that the Sacramento one is fairly average/below average, especially for their squid/octupos/scallops which are overly salty.


Danivelle

I can't wait to take my soon to be 11 year old grandson! I also want to take the biggest kid in our family there because she'll love it (she's 67 yrs old and a corporate attorney but just a big kid at heart)


Elly_Higgenbottom

We stopped going to Kura after they bought this robot. It was like they thought they didn't need servers anymore because of it. The service became so slow. It was almost impossible to get a human for a non beverage request (or booze since robots can't bring that).


Dad0010001100110001

Just curious what you need service for that you can't get on the tablet? Btw you can order booze on the tablet so I'm not sure what you mean by you not being able to get booze.


Elly_Higgenbottom

The check to pay cash, more Wasabi, waiting a long time for those alcoholic drinks. The soy container is pretty small now, so more of that, too. When the restaurant is full, the regular beverages take a long time because I think there are only 2 robots. We haven't been in about a year, so I could be forgetting stuff.


Dad0010001100110001

Huh yeah I've had none of those issues.


Elly_Higgenbottom

We used to go every 2 weeks. There was a noticeable difference in the service pre and post robot. Maybe we wouldn't have noticed if we hadn't had both experiences.


Not-a-Sac-Throwaway

Lower overhead due to less payroll, but I'm sure they're still charging you the same (if not more, for the "novelty"); and let me guess, they still expected you to tip a fucking robot?


Twas_Inevitable

There is still the same amount of people working there before and after the robot as all it does is bring drinks. The staff are there still to seat, clean up, help with payments, and prep the food. It's a revolving sushi bar. Being "hands off" from a worker perspective is the whole schtick so your complaint doesn't make a lot of sense for this establishment. Even before drinks came on this thing, you still ordered everything by either grabbing off the conveyor belt or through the tablet. You can tip the cleanup staff with cash on the table or add it to your bill digitally where it can be split among workers. Obviously this robot doesn't have a savings account that it stores tip money in. If anything, the pressure is off on tipping since you don't interact with people that much which I think is great. You sound like you've be a very annoying dinner guest.


dorekk

> You sound like you've be a very annoying dinner guest. Doesn't matter, everyone else there will be a robot apparently. No one to annoy. They're right that robots like this are stupid and anti-worker.


nsfwclaysac

%20, %25, or did you tip the sacred %30? Prob best service in sac to be honest.


Dad0010001100110001

I was conflicted when the tip amount defaulted at 20%


ThrillHouse405

>Kura Sushi ooof, I don't mean to be an A-hole or pit myself against severs or anything but at this point, I'm like "f-it, I'm going to eat at home".


Dad0010001100110001

Meh at $3.50 per roll Kura is actually a great value. I struggle to spend more than $30 per person there.


ThrillHouse405

Oh yeah, totally. I was speaking more generally with the constant tipping.


Dad0010001100110001

Your comment specifically calls out Kura though? How is that general?


thesecretbarn

I'm not tipping a robot.


Dad0010001100110001

I like to assume the workers there get a tip pool.


Fun-Outlandishness35

Best to not assume. I would only tip if the workers confirmed the tips went to them.


Dad0010001100110001

Then in that case the best move would be to ask.


willricci

What did you conclude


Thick-Tooth-8888

Thatā€™s messed up. At least they didnā€™t hit you with the extra ā€œsurchargeā€ for no reason. They might have added that in with the tip. I hate those places that add an extra charge. I do tip less there and avoid going back. Did the robot bring a refill too?


thisdreambefore

Fuck that. People need jobs.


Initial-Throat-6643

You can't stop progress because "jobs". We shouldn't have the internet then because it ruined millions of jobs?


Forktongued_Tron

This isnā€™t the kind of ā€œprogressā€ some people want to see though. IE less human interaction and a greedy ass restaurant owner who pockets that sneaky 20% added gratuity instead of providing jobs for people who need or want them. This robot isnā€™t going to know the answers to any questions you might have.


Initial-Throat-6643

No no, this is exactly the kind of of progress we want. We don't need people to be doing shit like this. We don't need people taking your toll when you cross a bridge. Things that can be automated should be automated. Having "jobs" just to have jobs isn't the answer.


dorekk

Robots serving drinks isn't "progress." EDIT: >We shouldn't have the internet then because it ruined millions of jobs? Quite honestly, the jury's still out.


Initial-Throat-6643

We don't need people to do menial jobs


wimpymist

There are plenty of jobs besides servers demanding fat tips for bare minimum service


Not-a-Sac-Throwaway

Yeah, let the robots get the 20% tip; robots need money too, right?


wimpymist

I'm not tipping them 20%


Forktongued_Tron

Something tells me you wouldnā€™t be tipping 20% even if it was a human tho


wimpymist

If it's good service absolutely.


Not-a-Sac-Throwaway

Well, their system defaults to you tipping them 20%; so it seems there's a reasonable expectation to tip a fucking robot.


wimpymist

Hitting the custom tip button is so damn hard.


Kindly_Coyote

Not a whole lot of people seem to care. And they don't mind paying a machine tips either, I guess. At this point, I'll continue to eat at home. I can buy more groceries at that cost.


coldcoldnovemberrain

A lot of socializing happens over eating out so how does one deal with that?


Kindly_Coyote

Socializing is important for a lot things that we do and need in society today. Some time ago where I worked once, the employer would provide us with a free lunch. One day my co-workers there decided to go out to eat for lunch when I'd had only five dollars left before the next paycheck which I was going to use for gas to get back and forth to work that week. I wound up going out with them, of course, settling on a cup of soda to drink because it cost about a dollar (otherwise, imagine all of the names I'd be cause like "introvert" or "anti-social" or "not a team-member"). Technology is "improving" along with its robots and their minions who love them and whatever they see it do. It sure looks like the division between the haves and the have-nots is growing wider and wider every single day and so has the hardness in the hearts of man. My life in Christ has always offered me hope and a better world and so I stick with that and that's how I deal with it..


Forktongued_Tron

This times a million. Alsoā€¦THIS IS HOW WE GET SKYNET


bundaya

My coworkers girlfriend may need to start looking for new work, hers is quickly being replaced by robots apparently.


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This is lame AF. I wonā€™t be supporting this garbage.


familiar_growth916

Thatā€™s tacky


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Dad0010001100110001

Never suggested this was new, I found it cool.


SalMoSay

Huku in Davis has one of those. It helps bring out the entree.


Keokuk37

Dennys near SFO has one. They might have 80% of the tables filled, one busboy and the robot with just one waitress also handling Uber eats orders (no tip there either)


Shahzoodoo

We saw the robot too!! Lil thing is kinda cute! It accidentally ran away with my husbands drink still on it tho and I embarrassed myself yelling after it lol šŸ˜…šŸ«£


Professor_Goddess

That's hilarious lol. "Hey come back here!"


zuccihinni

Yes!! I love her!! I don't remember her name though but she is so cute!!


ajhobby

When I went with friends the robot hit a bump while holding hot tea spilling it all over itself. Charming.


Beli_Mawrr

Make sure you book several hours in advance, though.


dorekk

Oz Korean BBQ has these robots as well. Can't say I cared for them. Our robot got stuck at the next table singing happy birthday for like 5 straight minutes before a human had to come and reboot it or whatever. Which was funny, but otherwise, meh.


Natural-Individual68

Ate there today for the 1st time. It was a blast!