There’s a HUGE difference between flipping burgers and creating a meal from raw unprocessed ingredients.
One is a purely mechanical act, the other is a creative art.
A device that can create something original and delicious from a standard grocery bag has yet to be invented.
As for bartender, would you go to a tavern or sit down formal restaurant where there is no staff other than table clearers? I actually LIKE the staff at my local, and they earn a decent living from their tips. The same goes for when I go out for a meal.
What I desire and what will happen often turn out to be different things. Many countries already have automated bartenders and that machine does not merely “flip” hamburgers, it makes, prepares, cooks and garnishes them. Here’s a vending machine that makes a pizza, FROM SCRATCH, cooks it and serves it in THREE MINUTES.
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