They have been around for over 100 years. They called them Automats.
You won’t have to wait until 2025 for an automated fast-food joint. The systems exist now, and fast food recipes are so exacting that they lend themselves very readily to that kind of automation. All it’s going to take is a slight nudge in the direction of automation desirability and it’ll be widespread in no time. The fast food worker cadre won’t believe how quickly they get replaced. No doubt there will be a huge outcry over it, but it’ll all come down to operating efficiency. The restaurants will be able to show better performance, and one more low-skill type of work will vanish.
When you watch old movies you may be struck by the many jobs people had that no longer exist. Jobs that allowed for one parent working to support their family while one parent staying home to raise the children.
Before the government got involved jobs and wages found an equilibrium between what a person will accept to do a job and what an employer will pay someone to do the job.
All other cost followed.
The government trying to manage the economy changed all that.
From the government giving unions special protection, to setting minimum wage, to regulating every aspect of the economy it is a wonder that it works at all.
While no one can predict the future, I can with pretty much certainty predict that an air plane will fall out of the sky if the engines quick working. One of these days the engine that keeps our economy in the air will quit working and it will crash, worse than any depression we have had before. When that happens we can thank big government and all those that love it so.
They have been around for over 100 years. They called them Automats.