11 ms·
You could pretty much eliminate all mcdonalds staff already with a vending machine that has a conveyor belt that runs under a heating element(like they do at qu
by soperj 12y ago
You could pretty much eliminate all mcdonalds staff already with a vending machine that has a conveyor belt that runs under a heating element(like they do at quiznos), and sprays some condiments on a bun. All you'd need then is someone to replenish the vending machine.
So artificial intelligence isn't even necessary.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoHas to be self-cleaning, sense outages, package up the food and bag it. Respond to disruptions (conveyor broke; ketchup dispenser leaking etc). AI could be useful.
- soperj 12y agoOr just sensors? I doubt that the McDonalds grill is cleaned at all during the day. If that were the only issue, you could get someone in every night and clean it/restock it. You certainly don't need AI to bag a meal (or even just _I_ for that matter). I'm just trying to say that really a lot of the work can be replaced already but they haven't done it yet. Why?
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoI think you want to automate the whole 'food chain', end to end, to make it profitable. Else you have robots AND employees, which costs more than one or the other.
- soperj 12y agoStill cheaper to pay someone for 1 hour to clean & re-stock then to pay them for 8 hours to cook, as long as the machinery costs & maintenance is cheaper in the long run.
- seizethecheese 12y agoYou'd need supervising staff with real technical skills, whose wage is the clear barrier here, not the tech involved. A sufficiently high minimum wage might do the trick.