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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: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday August 17 2017, @03:54PM (3 children)
Why?
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 17 2017, @05:36PM (1 child)
Most automated checkouts I have visited don't take cash/make change.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 17 2017, @07:04PM
I do all my grocery shopping at Target where the self checkout takes $50 bills and makes change.
(Score: 4, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday August 17 2017, @10:25PM
Mostly because they're making me be a checker and I resent that. I don't want to do it, I'm not nearly as quick at it as someone who does it for a living, and they're not paying me or giving me a discount to use the machines. Besides, I'm a people person.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.