Discussion
This morning, I watched a video about Amazon Go, a cash-less shop over in America. I hadn't heard about it until then (I don't keep to up-to-date with Amazon's work). It's quite a good video bar the clickbait title, and definitely highlights some of the concerns if it became mainstream. What are people's thought about this, Amazon potentially challenging supermarkets in years to come? Will it ever become a big thing, or another concept that won't take off?
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vorkmWa7He8
Amazon's link explaining the concept - https://www.amazon.com/b?node=16008589011
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vorkmWa7He8
Amazon's link explaining the concept - https://www.amazon.com/b?node=16008589011
R6VED said:
In today's society, anything honour based is a bit of a gamble, borderline foolhardy.
Honour? There are more cameras in there than at a royal wedding, you have to sign up for it with your Amazon account. I would be amazed if they don't have software analyzing deceptive movement patterns, shrinkage will shockingly low when compared to retail average.
alorotom said:
The Vambo said:
...shrinkage will shockingly low when compared to retail average.
Come again??!I think the chap hits the nail on the head at around 11 minutes in. It is a fascinating concept and amazing to watch but in society we currently need to grow low skilled labour requirements and automation is going to be hitting that exact employment zone. As a society we probably need to recognise that standing in the way of progress is futile but we need to learn from our mistakes of handling employment issues during the industrial decline of the West to ensure the transitions are appropriate and manageable. That probably means taxing automation as if it were a human labour unit if only to slow the transition to a rate where the social aspect can keep up.
The next two decades are going to see hundreds of millions of jobs in the West disappear and it’s imperative that governments oversee this correctly to ensure there are the new jobs, in the right places so that this doesn’t cripple the lower end (majority) of society.
From a personal perspective I also think that a society where it is all too easy for someone to move around and operate without interacting with other people in their immediate physical environment is very unhealthy. We are social mammals and reducing an individual to purely synthetic, online social behaviour has clear issues for local communities and society as a whole. That is another change that will need to be taken into consideration as automation expands.
It is certainly a fascinating and fast moving era to be living in.
The next two decades are going to see hundreds of millions of jobs in the West disappear and it’s imperative that governments oversee this correctly to ensure there are the new jobs, in the right places so that this doesn’t cripple the lower end (majority) of society.
From a personal perspective I also think that a society where it is all too easy for someone to move around and operate without interacting with other people in their immediate physical environment is very unhealthy. We are social mammals and reducing an individual to purely synthetic, online social behaviour has clear issues for local communities and society as a whole. That is another change that will need to be taken into consideration as automation expands.
It is certainly a fascinating and fast moving era to be living in.
miniman said:
Pretty sure Apple did something like this a few years ago; you could go into an Apple store if you had their app and just walk out with what you wanted, and it would be charged to your account.
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