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To: Age of Reason
"It's not going to stop at replacing menial jobs."

No doubt. But menial work will go first. Skilled labor like construction and such will take longer because of logistics and scale and customization.

The only reason that most cash register jobs have not been replaced already is inertia. But when your smartphone allows you to scan everything you wish to purchase and check out without talking to a single person those jobs will vanish, never to be back.

There will be a few big guys standing at the doors ready to spring if an alarm goes off and warehouse bots will restock the shelves constantly. This tech is already here and can be implemented without much work.

The guys screaming about bringing jobs back to America are in for a rude awakening because they are coming back and Rosie the Robot will be doing them all.

82 posted on 09/09/2014 12:34:17 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Stock room could be under the store, with enough space between the shelves for a robot to pop-up and stock the shelf without ever getting in the way of a customer.


90 posted on 09/09/2014 12:41:31 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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