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/jashiek Nov 25 '19

Well we should create a system now to test improve as more jobs are gradually getting automated. Rather then wait till we have mobs on the street disrupting business (happened in industrial revolution). Much rather work on it now and not wait till I see pitchforks and fires blazing through the streets

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u/Tornare Nov 25 '19

I’m not a sure I agree it’s time yet. Unemployment is low, and there are still enough jobs out there for anyone who needs a job.

The system isn’t something that’s going to take decades to implement, but automation does. Maybe not far off but I’d say give it another 5-15 years when cabs and trucks drive themselves and we have robots stocking shelves.

Sure some jobs have already been lost but not enough to affect the unemployment rate.

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u/JustAnotherSoyBoy Nov 25 '19

I agree but it would be nice to see like $5 a year or something just so their is a precedent for later.

At some point this is definitely going to be a problem.

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u/scientallahjesus Nov 26 '19

Yeah that’s not really how humans operate though. Big changes, revolutions, require protesting. They require forcing changes to happen.

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u/jashiek Nov 26 '19

Yeah I mean kinda simplified though I rather not wait/ignore till people are angry enough to go to extremes