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Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl
Not really, owners will pay whatever is cheapest and if I robot costs $19/hour and a person costs $20 (cp) the owner will go with the robot.
I'm betting this isn't so straight forward. At the moment, the idea of going to a restaurant and having food that was entirely prepared by robots is, for some reason, unappetizing. (Granted, I realize that I probably eat prepacked food that may have been prepared by robots all the time)
I could be wrong but I also think that there could be a backlash against companies that replace everyone with robots so the owners can squeeze out more money.
I think the success of chains like Five Guys is also a reflection of something... its local meat, its fresh not frozen, its cooked by the people in front of you - I'm not sure I've quite figured this out yet but I feel like this is somehow counter to the idea of robot prepared food.
Finally- I'm just skeptical that we're at all that close to it being economical to replace people with robots anyways.