Lois Beckett reports on a visit to CaliExpress, a 'fully autonomous' restaurant in Los Angeles that uses AI-powered robots, such as Flippy, to cook fast-food like burgers and fries. Amidst labor cost debates and wage increases, CaliExpress demonstrates a potential future where humans collaborate more with technology than execute menial tasks, yet the experience leaves Beckett pondering the quality and implications of such automation.