You fly to Anchorage with Josh.
You have a long chat with Josh in which you talk about future plans for U.S. Robots, as well as in your personal lives. "I guess I want a family at some point," Josh says, "but definitely not now. We haven't even gone public yet! I don't think I could be there for the family as much as I'd like."
You're glad you can talk to Josh about such things. Life's big decisions seem a little less scary when you don't have to face them alone.
An Inuit man in a heavy, blue windbreaker meets you at the airport to show you to the factory grounds. Remarkably, he gets you there with a dog team sled—you slide easily past the line of backed up cars on the road.
Josh is clearly delighted by the dogs. "Mush!" Josh cries.
"Don't think from the dog team that we're primitive," the Inuit man says. "If you decide to hire here, you'll see we have people from families who have been electricians and mechanics since World War II. The roads just haven't caught up to the auto traffic. We believe in the right solution for the job. Sometimes nature provides that solution."
The factory itself is a few miles outside the city, still under construction by mostly Inuit workers. It's on the shore, and it looks like they're constructing a dock as well.
"You'll be able to receive oil and materials directly from the dock," your guide explains. "That should help get around the traffic at the Barrow docks, although foreign ships will still need to go through customs there. There should be a lot of oil and rare earth minerals coming from the pole—all that stuff that used to be under the ice—so you should get a good price for that stuff."
"It's perfect," Josh breathes.
Seeing no reason not to take the factory, you sign the deal.
"So should I let the community know you'll be hiring soon?" your guide asks meaningfully, taking away the contract.
"We got this, right?" Josh whispers. "You're going to make robot workers?"
You'd suggested to Josh before that your robots could probably be your entire labor force. But after having seen the facilities, you certainly might reconsider.
What kind of labor will you recommend to Josh?
1) Joyeuse's model of robot will perform all the labor, including supervision.
2) Robots with human supervisors.
3) Human labor at market rates—rather low in this economy.
4) Following Henry Ford's model, I will hire human workers and pay them handsomely.
Year: 2022
27-year-old Isaac Tesla
Humanity: 87%
Gender: male
Fame: 8 (Nationally Famous)
Wealth: 1 (Getting By)
Romance: none
Joyeuse
Autonomy: 12 (Stable)
Military: 14 (Stable)
Empathy: 11 (Stable)
Grace: 10 (Stable)
Relationships
Professor Ziegler (Bad): 21%
Elly (Very Good): 64%
Josh (Good): 55%
Mark (Bad): 32%
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Tammy (Bad): 21%
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Topic: Let's Choose in Choice of Robots (Read 87644 times)