Automation, Business: McDonald’s getting rid of DIY soda stations
McDonald's will gradually phase out DIY soda filling - but not for the reasons you might be thinking...
AI, Part 1: Bing Chat’s copyright infringement?
Bing Chat's generative AI does not even pretend to be original. Here, it has plagiarized verbatim, word for word, from a Lonely Planet guide book.
AI: IBM study on AI job impacts
IBM study says 40% of global workforce will need to adopt AI skills or be replaced by workers who know AI.
Automation: Window Washing Robot Starts Work on High Rise Building
Amid the labor shortage, partially caused by the fertility rate decline, automated window washing robots replace workers.
Business: Just 10% of McDonald’s customers eat in the dining room
Customers are no longer eating "in" at fast food places-everything is now to-go.
Automation: Oregon restaurant’s robot food system confuses some
Robotic waiter ‘Plato’ divides small Oregon town: Some restaurant customers recoil, and others ask if they are supposed to tip it | Daily Mail Online I’ve written many posts about…
Automation: AI will impact many jobs
From improving efficiency (meaning fewer workers to accomplish the same quantity of work output), or eliminating jobs all together, AI-based technology will have large impacts on labor. This is how,…
Automation: Hotel self check in
This was not the first hotel self check in that I have used – but this one was fully digital. You enter your confirmation number and last name to confirm…
Automation: White collar jobs are at risk of big change if not outright elimination, due to AI and automation
“People used to say that the robots are going to destroy skilled labor. Well, not really. I haven’t seen any plumbing robots. I haven’t seen any electrician robots. And I…
Automation: “Digital dining” take out orders ending fast food dining rooms?
McDonald’s and other fast food and fast casual giants are betting on the “digital kitchen” — sleek, compact stores that harness automation and digitalization to have diners ordering through mobile…