Feedback learning and generalization in robotics takes a step forward.

In But Who Can Replace a Man? by Brian W. Aldiss, the machines are lost after the humans disappear but eventually they plan their own utopia. At the end of the story, a man appears and asks for food and all of the machines rush to serve him. (There may be one of Asimov's Laws of Robotics hiding in there.)

Nonsense. In my experience, customer service has improved significantly since I was your age.The customers, on the other hand, have become very rude.

Reality check: People do live on minimum wage.Ever tip the janitor who cleans your office? Ever see him/her? There are a lot of "invisible" people working in the wee hours, many of them for next to nothing.Closer to the topic: in the remake of Total Recall, Colin Farrell plays a downtrodden worker who assembles robots.

There's some truth to that but don't kid yourself. People on minimum wage often don't qualifiy for "socialist handouts".

When I was damn near homeless I still gave "spare change" to people who asked for it. There's always somebody worse off than you (and the worse off you are, the more likely you are to notice them).*applies for saintlhood*