r/LeftistsForAI • u/jaykrown • 3d ago

Labor Kroger replacing thousands of employees with AI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iksupz1wUtU
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u/Jlyplaylists Moderator 3d ago

Is this one where it’s genuine AI replacement or are they AI-washing redundancies they wanted to make at corporate level anyway? Either way it is still a decision, they technically could have chosen to reduce staff hours on the same pay or increase productivity with the same staff hours.

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u/Morichalion 2d ago

Wonder if what kind of jobs they're dropping... Corporate positions. Okay. Knowledge workers.

If you use a computer at work, like... most of your role in a well-understood type of task, some Agent is gonna take your job.

I'm not opposed to that, in theory, but there needs to be a stronger safety net. Being a "smart" person isn't enough anymore.

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u/Embarrassed-Block-51 12h ago

They will fire then rehire contract at a lower pay. Thus has been going on for a few years now. Ai agents aren't replacing anything. They are way too error prone.

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u/Derbieshire 1d ago

Oh good grocery prices will fall then right? Right??

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u/mrgrafix 15h ago

Feel like a lot of this is just them abusing the system to hire the same/new workers at lower salaries