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from the who-is-going-to-ask-if-I-want-fries? dept.
72 years after [Clarence Saunders] attempted to patent his idea, advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, and other technologies are making the dream of a worker-free store a reality. And American cashiers may soon be checking out.
A recent analysis by Cornerstone Capital Group suggests that 7.5m retail jobs – the most common type of job in the country – are at "high risk of computerization", with the 3.5m cashiers likely to be particularly hard hit.
Another report, by McKinsey, suggests that a new generation of high-tech grocery stores that automatically charge customers for the goods they take – no check-out required – and use robots for inventory and stocking could reduce the number of labor hours needed by nearly two-thirds. It all translates into millions of Americans' jobs under threat.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday August 17 2017, @03:24PM (2 children)
How would you like to pay?
With cash? Good luck... And watch that line build up behind you while you try to get the machine to take those wrinkled old bills.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 17 2017, @03:44PM
Only Luddite shoppers shop with cash! Hip appy appers app their purchases with apps!
Apps!
(Score: 2) by dry on Friday August 18 2017, @01:07AM
Wrinkled bills? Around here they're plastic, saves money as they last and they go into machines nicely. Much better then getting stuck in a line with everyone using cards, shuffling through them to find one that works, screwing up somehow and having to start over, and if credit card, having to sign.