07-29-2016, 12:14 PM
Over 10 years ago McDonalds ran an experiment where they used a VOIP connection to connect the drive-through speaker/microphone to a processor in India who would enter the information that appeared in the kitchen. I remember reading about it when the experiment was in process but I never heard the end results or if it was ever implemented beyond the pilot stage.
Higher taxes and labor costs have already moved almost all manufacturing jobs out of this country and fast food places were already experimenting with outsourcing and automating labor at 10-years ago minimum wage and automation technology.
Here's a video of robots working at amazon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quWFjS3Ci7A
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” - Margaret Thatcher, before robots
Higher taxes and labor costs have already moved almost all manufacturing jobs out of this country and fast food places were already experimenting with outsourcing and automating labor at 10-years ago minimum wage and automation technology.
Here's a video of robots working at amazon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quWFjS3Ci7A
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” - Margaret Thatcher, before robots