Amazon officially opens its first cashierless convenience store

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If computers can do the job better than humans, there's no point in having humans do these jobs.

That's not the issue...

The issue is the advancement of technology which has been funded publicly and created on the taxpayers dime does not benefit society...it just benefit those who own it

Walmart already destroyed countless communities across the country, turning them into ghost towns, but at least they employed people

But if Amazon makes one of these in your city or whatever...it benefits no one besides Amazon...

Technology is being mobilized against people

Wealth and capital is being mobilized against people

People like cheap, efficient and convenient shyt but it is at their own peril
 

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You can say that all you want and giggle to yourself but it just shows how you really don't have answer and how poorly misinformed you are but imma let you keep entertaining yourself.
I know that I can say it all I want. The fukk can you do about it besides post a smiley? Nothing.

What am I supposed to be answering? You didn’t pose any questions to me. Seriously tho, how stupid are you?
 

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That’s the point that I initially made. Now wether that’s good or bad is what’s up for debate and I don’t think that the answer is clear. It’s an interesting discussion.

millions of people losing jobs is definitely bad, it's bigger than just losing a job. if I'm a concierge at one hotel and lose my job, the opportunity to get another job exists. But if the entire job is completely replaced across the board, I have to move to another industry that I likely have no experience in.

This is why universal basic income should seriously be considered here. I'm 100% against stifling technological advances in favor of people getting to keep jobs that can be done more efficiently by robots.
 

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I know that I can say it all I want. The fukk can you do about it besides post a smiley? Nothing.

What am I supposed to be answering? You didn’t pose any questions to me. Seriously tho, how stupid are you?
You in Chicago friend? :smile:
I'll answer that for you if so.
 

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That's not the issue...

The issue is the advancement of technology which has been funded publicly and created on the taxpayers dime does not benefit society...it just benefit those who own it

Walmart already destroyed countless communities across the country, turning them into ghost towns, but at least they employed people

But if Amazon makes one of these in your city or whatever...it benefits no one besides Amazon...

Technology is being mobilized against people

Wealth and capital is being mobilized against people

People like cheap, efficient and convenient shyt but it is at their own peril

Robots will be more efficient than humans at performing some tasks, the robot should have the job, not the human.
 

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That's not the issue...

The issue is the advancement of technology which has been funded publicly and created on the taxpayers dime does not benefit society...it just benefit those who own it

Walmart already destroyed countless communities across the country, turning them into ghost towns, but at least they employed people

But if Amazon makes one of these in your city or whatever...it benefits no one besides Amazon...

Technology is being mobilized against people

Wealth and capital is being mobilized against people

People like cheap, efficient and convenient shyt but it is at their own peril
What is the alternative?

If one company decides to stick to hiring human employees, and even pushes it in all their marketing ("We hire real people") there's nothing stopping their competition from doing the exact opposite and passing the savings on to their customers.

So if consumers are asked to choose between the two, where do you think they'll shop at and spend their money?

It's a free market capitalist society we live in unfortunately.
 

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Walmart needs to implement this more than anyone. I go to my local neighborhood walmart sometimes, it's cheap and convenient for the most part. They added more self checkouts which I like because I can move at my own pace which is haul ass. There are maybe 4 real registers and 20 self checkouts. Go there after a certain hour, they close allllllll the self checkouts and have 1 cashier working with at least 40 people in store buying groceries. I usually walk in and walk right back out.
 
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