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    Walmart Is Planning a Store Without Cashiers

    https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/1...thout-cashiers

    According to Recode, Walmart's startup incubator is experimenting with a cashier-less store concept called Project Kepler, which "aims to reimagine the in-store shopping experience with the help of technologies like computer vision." The goal is reportedly the "creation of physical stores that would operate without checkout lines or cashiers -- in a similar fashion to Amazon's futuristic Amazon Go store." From the report:

    The Project Kepler project focused on the future of in-store shopping is being led by Mike Hanrahan, the co-founder and former chief technology officer for Jet.com, multiple sources tell Recode. It is located in Hoboken, N.J., where Jet is based. A Project Kepler job listing for a "computer vision engineer" says that the role will involve creating a "best-in-class consumer experience in the physical retail space." Amazon's Go concept uses a combination of sensors and cameras to track what each store shopper takes off of shelves so it can automatically bill them for their purchase without their having to stop to pay on the way out. The store's launch has been severely delayed, however, with reports that the technology did not work well when the store was crowded. Walmart is envisioning a similar system that would potentially eliminate the need for cashiers in stores outfitted with the technology. Walmart has more than two million employees worldwide, many of whom work at checkout.
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    UBI around the corner...

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    @Brian4Liberty - yup
    1776 > 1984

    The FAILURE of the United States Government to operate and maintain an
    Honest Money System , which frees the ordinary man from the clutches of the money manipulators, is the single largest contributing factor to the World's current Economic Crisis.

    The Elimination of Privacy is the Architecture of Genocide

    Belief, Money, and Violence are the three ways all people are controlled

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    Walmart has more than two million employees worldwide, many of whom work at checkout.
    A drop in the bucket, compared to total population.

    But then when Kohls does it, and Target, and Aldis and every other place around the globe...

    We hear from the tech-boosters that all these people will have new, better jobs, many servicing the machines.

    So why have the machines in the first place, if it will take a significant human pool of "overseers"?

    The fact is they will not, and these people will be displaced, and not likely to all get new hi tech replacement jobs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    A drop in the bucket, compared to total population.

    But then when Kohls does it, and Target, and Aldis and every other place around the globe...

    We hear from the tech-boosters that all these people will have new, better jobs, many servicing the machines.

    So why have the machines in the first place, if it will take a significant human pool of "overseers"?

    The fact is they will not, and these people will be displaced, and not likely to all get new hi tech replacement jobs.
    haven't you seen "star trek?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by angelatc View Post
    haven't you seen "star trek?"
    The future is full of green prostitutes and Harry Mudd's sexbots.




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    Quote Originally Posted by sparebulb View Post
    The future is full of green prostitutes and Harry Mudd's sexbots.



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    Quote Originally Posted by angelatc View Post
    And it's all freeeeeeee!
    Market forces at work.

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    Note Harry Mudd's Courvoisier.

    And the 6699.

    Dirty mind.

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    I'm not sure Wal-Mart shoppers are smart enough to use a self check-out.

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    I'll just put this here.


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    They have them in most stores now... but few use them overall.

    We hear from the tech-boosters that all these people will have new, better jobs, many servicing the machines.
    You are talking about Walmart employees,, right?
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    Quote Originally Posted by pcosmar View Post
    They have them in most stores now... but few use them overall.

    We hear from the tech-boosters that all these people will have new, better jobs, many servicing the machines.
    You are talking about Walmart employees,, right?
    I think Danke likes servicing machines, some people say it's the future.
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