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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 Bobs on Thursday August 17 2017, @07:57PM (2 children)
Interesting, So you live in a world where white people don't commit crimes?
Different reality from the rest of this planet.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday August 17 2017, @10:14PM
The worst part about that post is, I don't think he's using "whiteopia" ironically...ye gods.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 17 2017, @10:47PM
He lives in a reality where he is a racist shitbag and is too stupid to realize it. Ramblings of a madman.