Fantastic! So I assume with this revolutionary advancement in human technology, all the burger flippers can retire comfortably now that machines can do their job for them. No?
Well to be fair to the company, I really like the "We want to help" bit at the bottom of their main page. Seeing that they had even just given that issue some thought gave me a very positive first impression of the company... But I still think it is somewhat naive to believe that all of this automation coming in the next 20 years is going to create more jobs just because it did during the first industrial revolution.
Yes. But first they have to promote and vote for politicians who support basic income. Or yell "they took our jobs" a lot till politicians figure out for themselves that basic income might be good and less violent way to make them shut up.
I've predicted this for years. Now automate the ordering and delivery. Imagine a drive-up fast-food joint with no people inside at all! Just swipe your card, get a history of your orders and today's specials, speak or touch and drive up to the chute to get your hot, custom burger and fries!
Talk about social impact is inevitable. I would just mention that far more people are affected by timely safe food preparation, than are 'put out of a job'. Maybe 10X?
For mass production of burgers, restaurants will also benefit from the consistency in toppings.
Tough to believe, but places that sell a LOT of burgers have to calculate how many slices they get out of a tomato and how many tomatoes go on each burger. But the people making the burgers are not as consistent. This all comes into effect in ordering and budgeting which won't be as much of an issue if a machine is doing the work.
I've never had to do it, but a friend ran the food ordering for a large group of restaurants that sold millions of burgers a year, and it was there job to figure out how many tomatoes to buy in a quarter.
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[ 4.1 ms ] story [ 21.0 ms ] threadTalk about social impact is inevitable. I would just mention that far more people are affected by timely safe food preparation, than are 'put out of a job'. Maybe 10X?
Tough to believe, but places that sell a LOT of burgers have to calculate how many slices they get out of a tomato and how many tomatoes go on each burger. But the people making the burgers are not as consistent. This all comes into effect in ordering and budgeting which won't be as much of an issue if a machine is doing the work.
I've never had to do it, but a friend ran the food ordering for a large group of restaurants that sold millions of burgers a year, and it was there job to figure out how many tomatoes to buy in a quarter.