Amazon on Monday unveiled the latest plan to automate American workers out of existence — a futuristic grocery store without any cashiers.
High-tech sensors and artificial intelligence are allowing shoppers at the Seattle food market to swipe an app when they enter, then roam the aisles and grab staples like bread and milk, artisanal cheeses and chocolates and ready-made meals.
Customers can watch as the items they pluck off the shelves get added to a virtual cart on the app — and subtracted if they put them back — with receipts emailed to them once they leave, according to the company.
Grocery stores have nearly 1 million people employed as cashiers at present. "Fight For $15"? Not likely. They'll be out of work before they know what hit them, especially thanks to Democratics who know nothing about running businesses but believe that they should mandate every aspect of employment. They asked for it, they got it.
