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Originally Posted by grant
Really, how long until fastfood is done 100% by machines?
You just key in your order and your bag of shit comes out of a little chute.
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True, but I think it'll be awhile before a place like McDonald's is replaced by machines. Building a machine complex enough to produce the largish menu would be expensive, and maintenance would be a bugger. Paying teenagers $5-ish an hour is still pretty economical comparatively.
But there is little doubt it will happen. The distaste of such automation will be bypassed by introducing the McVend in places like themeparks, and it'll have a limited menu. Over time they'll become more complex and more common, until existing restaurants become largely automated.
I'd give about 15-20 years, though.