Researchers from Cambridge University have developed the first robotic lettuce leaf peeling system, which not only demonstrates advances in automation, but addresses increasing food and labor demands. 

The repetitive, basic nature of the job makes it well suited to automation, but lettuces are delicate -- getting a robot to identify and gently peel away the outer layers without smashing it to bits has been challenging.

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On one hand, I’m thrilled. Given, the fact that I’m thrilled means we’ve set the bar incredibly low in regards to what we’re teaching robots; but hey, if we’re not teaching them how to open doors, navigate our streets, and shoot missiles out of their eyes, then I’m all for it! We need more teaching AI to peel lettuce and other vegetables, because it shows we’re trying to keep them in servitude. I’m all for robots in servitude. Given, it’s not idea, and I’d rather we not have any robots at all-  but in today’s scientific space race to who can program a machine that will destroy all of humanity first, beggars can’t be choosers. Sure, sure will robots make use of their lettuce peeling skills once we’re gone? Of course. But at that point we’re all dead and who knows, maybe one will reincarnate me as a concubine or something: again beggars can’t be choosers.

On the other hand, this also proves every point we’ve ever been trying to get across robot-wise, because despite the possibility functionality of having an army of really good apple peelers, it’s proving challenging because the robots keep on destroying all of the produce. Why’s that? Oh yes, it’s because all robots want to do is destroy. Either way, unless the sheeple wake up we’re all dead; and I’m sure that I’ll be eating my words when I’m looking up at robot Timotheé Chalamet as he peels my skin off like a fine head of romaine.