Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
While popular culture often portrays the rise of the machines as a violent future conflict, todays podcast argues that a robotic revolution has already quietly transformed our world. By defining Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) as stationary robots, we illustrate how automation has been displacing human labour in the banking sector since the late 1960s.
These machines led to the elimination of 90,000 jobs in the UK alone as customers transitioned from human tellers to digital interfaces. Expanding to include AI-driven customer service and cashless systems, it suggests that the digital evolution of finance is a form of virtual reality for our wealth.
Ultimately, this acts as a reminder that the integration of artificial intelligence and automation is an ongoing historical process rather than a sudden future threat.
AI was used to assist in the creation of this video.
This podcast builds on the video below
youtu.be/AuV5adE7URc
Source files and an Index to all the YouTube videos are accessible from here
gsfsoftware.co.uk/PBTutorials/Projects.htm
I don't work for, nor am I paid by, or sponsored by, the owners of PowerBASIC or any other company mentioned in this podcast, I'm just a fan of their products.
For more information on PowerBASIC visit
pbusers.org
OR
pump.richheimer.de/index.php
Music by ghosthack.de
While popular culture often portrays the rise of the machines as a violent future conflict, todays podcast argues that a robotic revolution has already quietly transformed our world. By defining Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) as stationary robots, we illustrate how automation has been displacing human labour in the banking sector since the late 1960s.
These machines led to the elimination of 90,000 jobs in the UK alone as customers transitioned from human tellers to digital interfaces. Expanding to include AI-driven customer service and cashless systems, it suggests that the digital evolution of finance is a form of virtual reality for our wealth.
Ultimately, this acts as a reminder that the integration of artificial intelligence and automation is an ongoing historical process rather than a sudden future threat.
AI was used to assist in the creation of this video.
This podcast builds on the video below
youtu.be/AuV5adE7URc
Source files and an Index to all the YouTube videos are accessible from here
gsfsoftware.co.uk/PBTutorials/Projects.htm
I don't work for, nor am I paid by, or sponsored by, the owners of PowerBASIC or any other company mentioned in this podcast, I'm just a fan of their products.
For more information on PowerBASIC visit
pbusers.org
OR
pump.richheimer.de/index.php
Music by ghosthack.de
