Artificial Unintelligence? China Is Now FIRING Robot Waiters for Incompetence

As it turns out, we may have to wait a few years before the imminent robot takeover of our workforce, as a few kinks still need to be worked out. Several restaurants in the Southern Chinese city of Guangzhou ditched their robot servers because they were simply too unreliable to actually be worth the hassle. "The robots weren't able to carry soup or other food steady and they would frequently break down. The boss has decided never to use them again," an employee at one of the restaurants told the Worker's Daily through a translator. The humanoid robots cost approximately cost 7,700 USD each and required constant maintenance and repairs to keep in proper working order, which adds up to more than just a normal server's salary.