My first reaction to the Taco Bell / KFC ordering kiosk was “finally, industry will have more people to do fulfilling, healthy jobs like digging holes or painting houses.” Seriously, I wish more people could have constructive jobs, even if they don’t pay as well as Taco Bell. The summers I did landscaping were some of my best, even when it was raining, muddy, cold, and all we constructed were piles of rocks. OK, so sometimes that’s not that fun.
Then I remembered there are still people working in the back, slaves to the Taco/Chicken Servebot. And machines are pretty good at digging holes, organizing rocks, and they can probably paint houses. The rise of the machines is upon us.
