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- Samuel R. Delany
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| Autonomic Food-Processing System | ||
| Technology allows food to be prepared untouched by human hands. |
The preparation of meals by robots strikes some people as convenient; for others, it seems to be an inhuman intrusion into the simplest of human acts - preparing life-giving food for loved ones.
| "...The food's actually prepared by humans."
"Humans? As compared with what?" "Autonomic food-processing systems," Tito murmured. "Or don't you ever eat in autoprep restaurants?" After all, the Sands were wealthy; possibly they normally enjoyed human-prepared foods. "Personally, I can't stand autopreps. The food is always so predictable..." |
| Technovelgy from Cantata 140,
by Philip K. Dick. Published by Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1964 Additional resources -
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If you just want your food, take a look at Robot Chef Makes Octopus Balls for a glimpse of the present future.
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