A startup company called Blendid launched a smoothie-making robot on the University of San Francisco's campus this past week.
Supposedly, the robot, nicknamed Chef B, can make between 35 and 45 smoothies per hour. The robot is capable of dispensing ingredients, washing the blenders, and pouring smoothies into cups which it is then able to serve.
Company CEO Vipin Jain argues that artificial intelligence creates higher quality, higher paying jobs by eliminating mundane tasks but requiring programmers/engineers to develop the AI.
Others, however, felt that Blendid's AI was unreliable and simply took jobs away from those that needed them.