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CK_John

(10,005 posts) Sun Feb 17, 2013, 12:50 PM Feb 2013

What is the message behind GE's new commercials? Their new theme "machines are smart and

good looking" and not a person in sight.

"Transforming the way we work" is the punch line, but you see no people. Robot analyzing an plane engine, a talking train but never any workers. Define transforming and no need for people.

What is your point GE?

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What is the message behind GE's new commercials? Their new theme "machines are smart and (Original Post) CK_John Feb 2013 OP

Machines don't strike. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #1

"machines are smart and good looking" and no people in sight elehhhhna Feb 2013 #2

Seems to me you got the point quite well. Brickbat Feb 2013 #3

...But robots won't sell or fix them, GE TheCowsCameHome Feb 2013 #4

Well, for every one job a robot takes from a human... OneMoreDemocrat Feb 2013 #5

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)

1. Machines don't strike.

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 12:55 PM

Feb 2013

Machines don't need health care.
Machines don't even need wages.

What was the question again?

elehhhhna

(32,076 posts)

2. "machines are smart and good looking" and no people in sight

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 12:55 PM

Feb 2013

That's the theme. People are stupid and ugly. Why employ them when you can use machines instead?

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)

3. Seems to me you got the point quite well.

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 12:57 PM

Feb 2013

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)

4. ...But robots won't sell or fix them, GE

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 12:58 PM

Feb 2013

........and surely they will need repairing after they're sold.

OneMoreDemocrat

(913 posts)

5. Well, for every one job a robot takes from a human...

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 01:04 PM

Feb 2013

One would think there would be quite a few created between R&D, manufacture, oversight and maintenance.

Perhaps Obama is right, we shouldn't want low wage, low skill jobs anymore and should concentrate on jobs that move us up the food chain a little.

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