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End of the Checkout Line: the Looming Crisis for American Cashiers

posted by martyb on Thursday August 17 2017, @02:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the who-is-going-to-ask-if-I-want-fries? dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by EvilSS on Thursday August 17 2017, @04:23PM (2 children)

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 17 2017, @04:23PM (#555395)
    EF is a carny at a fair?
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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday August 17 2017, @04:28PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday August 17 2017, @04:28PM (#555398) Journal

    Bull milker, I would guess. Or test subject for various radioisotopes.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by JNCF on Thursday August 17 2017, @05:48PM

    by JNCF (4317) on Thursday August 17 2017, @05:48PM (#555465) Journal

    A beautiful carny.