Automation: Multiple restaurants working to add robots
Automation continues to be added to many restaurants, which will lead to a reduction in head count.
Business: “Made in America”
Not the first to do this, but here’s an uplifting story on manufacturing: The hidden beauty inside American factories (cnn.com)
Automation: “Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of AI”
Writer suggests Luddites should have sought tax on machine made fabric. How about a tax on words written on word processors?
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,…