Automation is posed as a labor shortage solution, but workers say robots are making their jobs — and food — worse.
  • Robot chefs are replacing humans at some South Korean highway restaurants.
  • Tech companies say robots can help solve labor shortage in an aging nation.
  • Workers say their roles have been downgraded from chefs to cleaning staff.
  • CalipherJones@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    1 day ago

    South Korea is genuinely fucked as a country. Population decline is going to ruin them. It’s going to ruin a lot in the U.S as well.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      1 day ago

      The USA was actually on a survivable path with our low domestic birth rate because of the large immigration was compensating. Well, now we’ve fucked that up royally by kicking out our immigrants, and also made ourselves a pariah on the global stage so no new immigrants will want to come here.

      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        11 hours ago

        also the tariffs, and the anti-science funding cuts have turned people off from the US.