California fast-food workers will start making a minimum wage of $20 an hour on Monday. For many, this means a 25% raise. The dramatic pay increase has also touched off a heated debate about the impact on local businesses. Smaller franchise restaurant owners warn they’ll have to raise prices, reduce worker’s hours, cut jobs, close down — or bring in cheaper and effective automated services. Soon, you can order fast food from kiosks and robots. Moreover, advancements in robotics and artificial intelligence have crept into everyday routines – from flying autonomous drones delivering our packages and robot vacuums gliding around our homes, we have been shown how convenient having a rudimentary robot can be. Tonight on Ground Zero, Clyde Lewis talks about WERKER ROBOTER.
Ground Zero: Aftermath
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