The Obsolete Man Posted by Harvey on 21 September 2014, 8:00 pm A company has created a robot that can make 360 burgers an hour – start to finish – completely replacing a fast-food worker. Yes, but can it give a bored, insincere “have a nice day” afterward?
I guess that answers the question “what happens when unskilled workers start demanding more money than it costs to replace them with robots?” The answer is pretty obvious, really. Reply to this comment
“Can it give a bored, insincere “have a nice day” afterward?” If you program it that way, yes! (and with exactly the same degree of bored insincerity each time, as well!) Reply to this comment
Don’t forget picking noses and scratching butts…. can’t have fast food without that!! Reply to this comment
how is it with fries?
Might not spit in them too.
Wouldn’t that be an assembly line? Did it really take this long to engineer?
I guess that answers the question “what happens when unskilled workers start demanding more money than it costs to replace them with robots?”
The answer is pretty obvious, really.
“Can it give a bored, insincere “have a nice day” afterward?”
If you program it that way, yes! (and with exactly the same degree of bored insincerity each time, as well!)
And I bet it won’t demand $15 an hour to do it.
Don’t forget picking noses and scratching butts…. can’t have fast food without that!!