[QUOTE=srobins;51483290]I figured it went without saying that people who are physically or mentally handicapped should be provided for and accommodated by social programs, I'm talking about able bodied/minded people. I don't think "but my job" is a strong enough reason to try and resist automation of unskilled labor.[/QUOTE]
I mean, there are a lot of people who are "able bodied" but are just unwilling to work in tougher situations. People for instance who take on their own tasks at home, like caring for a family, or family member (more common than you think,) and need to fill in the gaps so they aren't going broke. I know a lot of people who are focused on taking care of their own but cannot find the energy afterwords to work a "real job." Or say people who aren't ready to go into the world just yet and need to be slowly brought into the world of work (kids 14-18 generally.)
Some people, for instance, have a wife or husband who are making the most of the money in the family, but need an extra source of income to make sure their family is sustainable. Mom during the week might work an accounting job and get paid a really swell salary, but Dad stays home to take care of the twins, make sure they get to school on time, are fed well, etc., and then on the weekends works at a grocery store to make that little extra so they can comfortably live.
Or lets go even simpler, how about just a teenager who's never worked a day in his life but needs to finally get out there and really start working a grind. What's a kid, who can't work a warehouse/inventory position for obvious child labor law/shrink potential reasons, or any 'hard' labor for that matter, and can't work positions in firms due to shitty unpaid internships that lead nowhere or a lack of 'junior' positions, to do when he's replaced by an automated system? I had to deal with the same issue growing up, and it was tough for me to find a job I was comfortable with when I had nothing to prove myself with. And it's funny, I had the capacity and the drive to work at an animation or gamedev company, but no positions available near me for my age group. And nothing I could work other than customer service, because again, child labor laws.
With your mode of thinking, I fear that you might see someone wanting a cashier job as, I dunno, lazy? Maybe I'm reading too much into your posts, but I think it's really important to have these low-key jobs around for people who legitimately can't work hard labor due to their circumstances, not just physical or mental, but emotional and sustainability reasons.
[QUOTE=ZestyLemons;51483324]You can't stop the march of technology.
Self checkout stations are already very popular where I live, and I [I]always[/I] use them over cashiers when possible because there's no lines (or the line is super short). This is basically the same dealio, but with even less effort on your part.[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately, people report far too many problems with them. I have minimal issues with them. I generally do minimal shopping when I do use then, but when I do, issues are rare. However, people will still complain, and when stores hear complaints, it doesn't matter how wrong the customer is. A supermarket I used to work at actually [I]removed[/I] self-checkout stations, when they switched companies. A terrible move which I actually hated that they did, but there's still a notable resistance to the concept.
It's going to be tough to pull off though, on launch I'm sure it's going to be absolutely packed and I'm not sure their system will be able to keep up with the massive mob of people. Plus you're going to have to require a 100% uptime for the in store system during store hours at all time every day so you don't mischarge someone or fuck up their cart.
Hope they're able to pull it off though, it'll be interesting to see how this drives other stores to innovate and cope if this takes off.
[QUOTE=SnakeHead;51481153]This is going to put a lot of people out of a job if it becomes widespread. Better off without tech like this IMO.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://www.economicshelp.org/wp-content/uploads/blog-uploads/2013/01/luddites-500x281.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;51482541]People said that self-checkout lanes would eliminate baggers/checkout staff. And a decade+ down the road, we still have them.
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That's because self-checkout machines run on fucking awful software that breaks every couple of days and most older generations are too dumb to learn how newer technology works. Everytime I see older people go to self-checkout they have literally no idea how to get started even though there's a giant "GET STARTED" button in the center of the screen and a large "PAY NOW" button at the bottom right along with the form of payment you want to use.
[QUOTE=RaTcHeT302;51481713][t]http://i.imgur.com/lHAt8nN.png[/t]
You just walk out. :v: What's with these names anyway, FUSION, JUST WALK OUT. Good luck to Amazon either way, I wonder what people who barely know how to use phones will act like though, "HOW DO I SCAN THE SQUARE THING."[/QUOTE]
sensor fusion is a real thing.
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensor_fusion[/url]
We already have this ability.
[video=youtube;rGDgYwk1I9c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGDgYwk1I9c&feature=youtu.be[/video]
[QUOTE=Ithon;51484576]sensor fusion is a real thing.
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensor_fusion[/url][/QUOTE]
I know but a lot of techs always have the strangest names. Or anything IT related, there's always that one oddly named thing.
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