• pingveno
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    10 months ago

    To a point, but again some things are just really hard to mechanize. I don’t see cashier or janitor disappearing anytime soon. Sure, a single person can clean an area much faster now than a hundred years ago using tools, but something fully automated like the Roomba can barely do a half-ass job on a single floor.

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      10 months ago

      Ever been to an Amazon Fresh shop? Zero staff inside. You just walk in, take what you want and walk out.

      Ever ordered groceries from Ocado? They’re fully automated until delivery process.

      Hard or not - everything is possible.

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        10 months ago

        I have not visited an Amazon Fresh shop, but from what I’ve heard they’re not doing so great. Maybe it’s just a pause in their inevitable takeover, but their already paltry number has been reduced as of late.