MGM Could Replace Many Employees with Robots March 7, 2019 https://www.vegasslotsonline.com/news/2019/03/07/mgm-could-replace-many-employees-with-robots/
Baristas beware: A robot that makes gourmet cups of coffee has arrived March 22, 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/tech...ps-coffee-has-arrived/?utm_term=.ce116ebc2854
I don't know when the revolt is happening. Could be 100 years from now. Because I don't know how much more wealth can be concentrated. Don't fool yourselves no matter how comfortable you are now (myself included) this cannot last. The Guardian 2019 World's 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%, says Oxfam https://www.theguardian.com/busines...n-as-much-as-poorest-50-per-cent-oxfam-report Politifact 2012 Bernie Sanders says Walmart heirs own more wealth than bottom 40 percent of Americans https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-...s-says-walmart-heirs-own-more-wealth-bottom-/ ....We rate it True.
Maybe minimum-wage workers aren't a huge part of their market. I mean, I'm not exactly poor, and I refuse to pay more than $2 for a cup of coffee.
It probably is a sad truth that the people that work for them probably can't afford their own product. When these folks go from poor to homeless it will become everyone's problem. Crime will increase as they are forced to steal to live. This is not a problem that will solve itself. I agree, nobody should pay more than $2 for a coffee. People that pay excessive prices for items are enablers. This is why we have $6 coffee and $1,000+ phones.
Hey, that's why we have prison labor Really not funny, I know. But sometimes, stuff is just too horrible to do anything but laugh. The middle class in the US was a brief aberration, driven mainly by the economic boom during and after WWII. And helped by the fact that most competitors in Europe and Asia had been trashed during the war.
You're replacing me with a robot? That’s fine August 7, 2019 https://betanews.com/2019/08/07/replaced-by-a-robot/
Coffee robot now serving passengers at SFO Baristas beware: You may be on the chopping block as automated coffee kiosks take off August 14, 2019 https://www.zdnet.com/article/coffee-robot-now-serving-passengers-at-sfo/
This Bengaluru School Uses Humanoid Robots To Teach Students August 29, 2019 https://fossbytes.com/bengaluru-school-uses-humanoid-robots-teach-students/
New York City mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Bill de Blasio wants a robot tax September 9, 2019 https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/9/2...democratic-candidate-robot-tax-fawpa-proposal
Uniqlo’s Tokyo warehouse is 90 percent robotic and yes, the robots can even fold shirts December 24, 2019 https://www.inputmag.com/culture/un...0-robotic-yes-the-robots-can-even-fold-shirts
Some of San Francisco’s robot-run restaurants are failing. It could simply be that we still want to be served by humans, not machines The San Francisco Bay Area has seen a high concentration of robot-run restaurants, but some of them have failed January 11, 2020 https://www.businessinsider.de/inte...robot-restaurants-failing-eatsa-cafex-2020-1/
Japanese robot could call last orders on human bartenders February 4, 2020 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...last-orders-on-human-bartenders-idUSKBN1ZY17K
Two-thirds of workers at risk of robot-driven redundancy are unaware of the threat to jobs February 10, 2020 https://www.computerweekly.com/news...-redundancy-are-unaware-of-the-threat-to-jobs
South Korean cafe hires robot barista to help with social distancing May 25, 2020 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-to-help-with-social-distancing-idUSKBN2310T9
I vaguely recall that South Korea was also seriously into robot companions. So I wonder whether that's been repurposed for "social replacement".
A robot walks into a bar, helps make a cocktail June 4, 2020 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...nto-a-bar-helps-make-a-cocktail-idUSKBN23B0RO
...Result: Microsoft's robot editor confuses mixed-race Little Mix singers Firm’s plan to replace editors with AI backfires after wrong image of musician is published June 9, 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/technol...ist-confused-by-mixed-race-little-mix-singers
XRobotics is keeping the dream of pizza robots alive September 2, 2020 https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/02/xrobotics-is-keeping-the-dream-of-pizza-robots-alive/
