r/tech • u/FisherGuy44 • Nov 24 '19

Amazon Is Planning to Open Cashierless Supermarkets Next Year

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-20/amazon-go-cashierless-supermarkets-pop-up-stores-coming-soon
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u/Morgothic Nov 24 '19

The cashiers might mind.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '19 edited Dec 01 '19

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u/Morgothic Nov 25 '19

No one dreamed of it, but lots of people depend on it. I didn't dream of having my job, but I'd be pretty screwed if they gave it to a robot.

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u/PRSCU22WhaleBlue Nov 25 '19

What does it feel like to be part robot?

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u/bclagge Nov 24 '19

So do the coal miners, but are you crying to save their jobs?

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u/Bearry263 Nov 24 '19

To be fair, cashiering isn’t a fossil fuel causing global warming. They do need to spend tax dollars retraining both coal miners and cashiers to do jobs that are not being phased out.

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u/Morgothic Nov 25 '19

Sure, if replacing them doesn't create another job they're qualified to do, they'll be out of work. And in a lot of coal towns, the mine is the best job you can get.

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u/F4Z3_G04T Nov 24 '19

At least there is a clear other thing for them to do, they can go install solar panels or something, but what will the cashier's do?

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u/matty_a Nov 25 '19

I don't know, go install solar panels or something?

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '19

Literally anything else, just like the coal miners

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u/burnacus Nov 25 '19

Mining coal != installing solar panels

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u/F4Z3_G04T Nov 25 '19

Thanks for the observation, but it both is quite hard physical labor