My Walmart has 14 self checkout lanes, only 10 are useable. I can say that w this addition, it has made Walmart lines less longer in terms of wait time.
I haven't seen a Walmart with less than 20 lanes since GW was in office, first term.
My Walmart has 14 self checkout lanes, only 10 are useable. I can say that w this addition, it has made Walmart lines less longer in terms of wait time.
Damn @King Freeman bout to be outta work.
I think it costs $3 per hour for the robot, compared to $15 per hour for a human.
It’s inevitable that easy jobs like that will end up going to AI. The McDonalds near me just remodeled and it has 6 self order kiosks, only 2 cashiers who actually work at the counter.
Soon, it will be all kiosks and robots.
Interesting convo....
Even if it's cheaper to operate the machine than having live people... what happens when the machine breaks down?
Is it a software issue or a hardware issue?
Is the software tech on retainer?
Is the hardware tech on retainer?
What's their hourly cost?
How long will it take them to respond/fix the issue?
What will you do in the meantime while the shit is being fixed? Outsource to manual burger flippers or shut down shop?
How do you take into account someone hacking your system?
What do you pay the person that protects your system against being hacked?
Does the manager have the credentials to deal with that type of shit?
You need a tech degree to be a fast food manager now in order to know how to properly secure ur establishment?
shit aint just as simple as "Let the robots handle it"
yup.. comes w the tech.
I’m sure they ain’t got robots or kiosks shutting down often. It probably a small issue. As for hacking, they’re billion $ corporations. They can either choose to invest in good cyber security or not. They won’t be impenetrable but they can lessen their chances of that type of crap.
This is why I’m encouraging all my kids to get into some type of engineering. They’re gonna be in demand once the tech takes off and is everywhere. They can work for a company or make their own.
@konceptjones
Just like I said in the other thread, you stay throwing negative energy towards mfers asking for more, and explaining how its wrong, but what about the system that allowed my rent to go from 1700 to 2300 in 4 years?
Gon say mfers gotta stop crying and work hard BUT also there has to be a way to control rent from going up like crazy.
This got nothing to do with minimum wage. Robots been taking over jobs for a while now.
It's one thing to ask for more, it's another thing to be unrealistic about what you're asking for.
The correct amount that minimum wage should be is $10.50-$11/hr. More than that is completely unrealistic and unsustainable and we see precisely why. I'm all for folks getting more, but within reason.
As for your rent, stand in line. The house I had to leave last year we were paying $1650 a month for it. The market out here is so crazy he's leased it out immediately for $2200. It ain't the system, it's the investors. Right now we're looking at the 2005-2007 run up all over again, where investors come in, buy up shit and run up the prices so rent goes up along with property values. Don't worry, the bubble will burst soon because this rapid growth can't sustain itself, as we saw when the housing market collapsed years ago. Once that happens and they start unloading houses for blue-light special prices, the rent will come down.
Was just bout to say this. Hypothetically speaking, if AI took over all the basic jobs and ppl didnt have a way to earn income they're gonna have to pay em anyway. Impossible to have a functioning economy with a bunch of mass produced shit and no consumer base.Andrew Yang tried to tell yall this shits coming lol
Universal Basic Income will be a reality at some point... no way around it
Oh word? You sure about that? Because they use this as a threat even if they wanna raise the min wage 10 cents. Then the min wage doesnt raise and they introduce automation anyway. Just like Mcdonalds did with the kiosk and Walmart with their self check out. Even tho the min wage been the same federally for like 10 years. So this is a shitty argument.
I dont have a taste for trash so I dont eat Mcdonalds anyway. And if I go to a fast food place and they want me to use some nasty touch screen, mad strangers already touched instead of talking to someone, I'd leave and go someplace else.
Yall catching all kinda germs from those screens, then touching that slop they call food and ingesting it, scust.
I cant speak on other places, but Walmart in fact does this on purpose. They purposely understaff cashiers to keep payroll down so the owners make more money. Then they'll open a few self check outs and direct frustrated people to them like they were actively trying to help. But that was the design from the beginning to get people to basically ring up their own stuff and bag it for free.When I was a kid, McDonalds never had less than 4-6 cashiers at all times.
I could go to the grocery store or Meijer and there were plenty of cashiers.
Nowadays long ass lines are the norm, even at Walmart and they have 20+ checkout lanes but only 4 cashiers working at any given moment but, "hey, the U-scan is available."
Can't ignore how self-service has kicked people out of jobs. Now the robotic fry cook is about to take those jobs as well.
Thats what you think at a glance but thats not reality. The lines seem shorter but I'm sure you're waiting just as long or even longer to check out. Cashiers ring and bag stuff up all the time and are actually quiet fast. They also usually have all the common codes memorized and do things fairly quickly. But if you really watch people in self check out, they'll all pretty much slow as fuck. Take forever to bag and constantly have to call the person monitoring the machine to come help them.My Walmart has 14 self checkout lanes, only 10 are useable. I can say that w this addition, it has made Walmart lines less longer in terms of wait time.
But if you really watch people in self check out, they'll all pretty much slow as fuck. Take forever to bag and constantly have to call the person monitoring the machine to come help them.