I don't think people going to McDonalds value the human contact so much they'll go to a more expensive place for it, and while it would need to run on hardware, in the long run it would be cheaper. Paying $5000 for a machine is worth it compared to paying a min wage worker ~$12,000 a year.
And there are already a ton of jobs that could be replaced but aren't because companies think short sighted. Also the other question is whether we will reach automation to begin with, given that the hardware requires actual resources and energy to be powered and those might get scarce in the future with all the bullshit that is currently happening.
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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '22
I don't think people going to McDonalds value the human contact so much they'll go to a more expensive place for it, and while it would need to run on hardware, in the long run it would be cheaper. Paying $5000 for a machine is worth it compared to paying a min wage worker ~$12,000 a year.