As long as I get my food from humans in McDonalds I'm not too concerned about me being replaced by a robot. Society is lagging behind state of the art AI and robotics by decades.
That is literally two years or less away from today. Please look up momentum machines. They're beginning to hire people from the food industry and have stopped hiring people from the tech field vs a couple of years ago. It's getting close.
Yeah, they might open their first restaurant soon. How long will it take until this tech arrives in my city? You don't even need modern software or hardware for it. Basically it's finite automaton. It could have been developed 10 years ago, or even 15? And it will take another 15 years until I can eat reproducible burgers :)
I feel like you're underestimating how big a deal creating a complete burger from scratch is. This isn't a partial squeeze out a patty, eject some condiments and then have a human assemble type of project. This is custom freshly ground meats, freshly chopped toppings and full assembly. This is difficult stuff for machines and it's nearly complete.
I have a feeling that's a false safety. Automation doesn't have to replace 100% of the job. If you can automate even 50% of the job a big chunk of workforce is out.
