Re:Just own the damn robots
by collinmanderson on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @09:48PM
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I think food service jobs are some of the safest. At least in the US people are going to want to talk to real people (especially at non-fast food places).
McDonald's now has automated drink machines, mobile ordering and in select locations kiosk ordering (on giant touch screens). They've also experimented with call center handling of drive through ordering, so could be ready to potentially hand that over to voice recognition as well.
I think it's a long time before food service jobs are all automated away, but some of the jobs are going away. (McDonald's claims they plan to keep the same number of employees, and shift to provide more service in the seating area)