OnekE.png (464×888) Robotic Nation, by Marshall Brain. I went to McDonald's this weekend with the kids. We go to McDonald's to eat about once a week because it is a mile from the house and has an indoor play area. Our normal routine is to walk in to McDonald's, stand in line, order, stand around waiting for the order, sit down, eat and play. On Sunday, this decades-old routine changed forever. When we walked in to McDonald's, an attractive woman in a suit greeted us and said, "Are you planning to visit the play area tonight? " The kids screamed, "Yeah! " "McDonald's has a new system that you can use to order your food right in the play area. Would you like to try it? " The woman walks us over to a pair of kiosks in the play area.
We sat down at a table. You know what? As nice as this system is, however, I think that it represents the tip of an iceberg that we do not understand. The Iceberg The iceberg looks like this. The problem is that these systems will also eliminate jobs in massive numbers. The next step was autonomous, humanoid robots. Z-Type. n6Fm4.jpg (510×416)