McDonald's former CEO predicts that if all minimum wages continue to rise, they will all be replaced by robots

ByHappy Meal

Occupations that do not require special knowledge or skills,It is highly likely to be replaced by artificial intelligence or robotIt is presumed that the former CEO of McDonald 's is cheaper to introduce a robot than to hire a person, "he said.

Fmr. McDonald's USA CEO: $ 35K Robots Cheaper Than Hiring at $ 15 Per Hour | Fox Business
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2016/05/24/fmr-mcdonalds-usa-ceo-35k-robots-cheaper-than-hiring-at-15-per-hour.html


Ed Rensi, the former CEO of McDonald's USA, said in an interview on a television program, "If you buy a $ 35,000 robot arm in the restaurant industry, it costs about $ 15 per hour It is much cheaper to hire a person than hiring a human in 1600 yen.I believe it may be unbelievable but if human beings continue cooking, it induces inflation and the future that human beings are lost their jobs and replaced with robots It can happen quite a lot. "

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2014, there are 1.3 million people who work at minimum wage of 7.25 dollars (about 800 yen) per hour. In addition, there are 1.7 million people working at cheap wages below the minimum wage, so there are 3 million workers in total, accounting for 3.9% of the total wage workers.

Mr. Rensi comments that the robot replaces human work instead of the fast food industry, it can be said to the entire franchise business, which is the most popular business form in the United States. Mr. Rensi says, "If workers do not acquire a certain level of skills, it is more efficient to replace the robot, as the promotion of labor by robot gets faster, this trend will accelerate more and more in the business Sho "also.

In addition, Mr. Rensi insists that the minimum wage should be unified in the whole country, rather than setting different minimum wages for each state. In addition, Mr. Rensi thinks, for example, that a wage system for students is applied to students, wages of veteran workers should be raised, and a multifaceted wage system should be created.

In Foxconn (Hon Hai) there was already an announcement to replace 60,000 factory workers with robots, so it is becoming quite a real problem that robots rob the human job.

Foxconn replaces '60, 000 factory workers with robots' - BBC News
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