Martin Ford is the author of the book Lights in the Tunnel (2009). Ford – what’s in a name;-) – predicts that people in the service and knowledge economy will lose their jobs because their work is taken over by robots and artificial intelligence. In the article Could Fast Food Robots Steal McJobs, Ford focuses on the impact of these technologies in the fast food sector. What happens to them when their work is done by machines? The classic example is the Japanese sushi chain Kura, where efficiency is paramount. Absent are the traditional chefs with their meticulous attention to detail. Their place has been taken by robots. Also absent are the waiters who have been replaced by conveyor belts. From three control centers external managers oversee the 262-Kura restaurants and act from a distance if something goes wrong.
This post was written with Jaap Bloem360 hamburgers per hour At the end of 20120 Momentum Machines announced that they developed the Burgeon; a device that can produce 360 hamburgers a minute. And if there is any doubt on the potential impact of these machines, the quote on their website says it al: “Our alpha machine replaces all of the hamburger line cooks in a restaurant. It does everything employees can do except better.”
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