It appears McDonald's believes that robots are the way to go:
A former McDonald's CEO warned that robots will take over staff jobs at the fast food empire - because it's cheaper than employing humans.
Ed Rensi has said that buying highly skilled robotics is a cheaper alternative than employing people on minimum wage to work in the company's worldwide restaurants.
He warned that huge job losses are imminent, and commented that it would be 'common sense' to replace humans in the workplace.
This comes as a study into the future of human employment has predicted a surge in machine-led work such as robotic counsellors, body part makers and virtual lawyers.
You can read the rest @
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/building-robot-mcdonalds-staff-cheaper-8044106
Some people think robots will only take our "boring" jobs. You can read the ramblings of one such misinformed person here:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-17/yes-the-robots-are-coming-for-our-jobs-but-just-the-boring-ones
Such claims make my blood boil, for at least two reasons:
1. These allegedly "boring" jobs are what many of us depend upon for our incomes; and
2. ALL jobs are at risk, including quite non-boring ones such as doctor, lawyer, engineer, scientist, etc.
The robot/AI revolution threatens to make ALL non-one percent humans obsolete, and on this planet all things obsolete soon die out.
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