In this article it talks about how the world is advancing and slowly workers are worried about losing their jobs as society becomes more automated. It has come to the day that the fear of robots replacing jobs is real. For example, self-checkout kiosks and also self-driving trucks have been taking the world by day. The jobs that are in more danger are the jobs that require only a high school degree. So mostly the jobs that don't require so much human analysis or brains. Some well know stores that are starting to use this technology are CVS, McDonald, Wendy's have been installing self-checkout in a number of locations and have been also using touchscreen to place orders for customers. This December Amazon has released a video on their new Settle-based concept store Amazon Go, this store has no cash register and no checkout lines! The payment process is through a smartphone and a customer can skip the line and just walk out, which is incredible. Amazon and many others stores are waiting for other stores to join with them and keep technology moving forward.
Friday, September 22, 2017
Are robots taking over the job force?
On Friday, September 15,2017, CNN published an article titled Robots: Is your job at risk?
In this article it talks about how the world is advancing and slowly workers are worried about losing their jobs as society becomes more automated. It has come to the day that the fear of robots replacing jobs is real. For example, self-checkout kiosks and also self-driving trucks have been taking the world by day. The jobs that are in more danger are the jobs that require only a high school degree. So mostly the jobs that don't require so much human analysis or brains. Some well know stores that are starting to use this technology are CVS, McDonald, Wendy's have been installing self-checkout in a number of locations and have been also using touchscreen to place orders for customers. This December Amazon has released a video on their new Settle-based concept store Amazon Go, this store has no cash register and no checkout lines! The payment process is through a smartphone and a customer can skip the line and just walk out, which is incredible. Amazon and many others stores are waiting for other stores to join with them and keep technology moving forward.
In this article it talks about how the world is advancing and slowly workers are worried about losing their jobs as society becomes more automated. It has come to the day that the fear of robots replacing jobs is real. For example, self-checkout kiosks and also self-driving trucks have been taking the world by day. The jobs that are in more danger are the jobs that require only a high school degree. So mostly the jobs that don't require so much human analysis or brains. Some well know stores that are starting to use this technology are CVS, McDonald, Wendy's have been installing self-checkout in a number of locations and have been also using touchscreen to place orders for customers. This December Amazon has released a video on their new Settle-based concept store Amazon Go, this store has no cash register and no checkout lines! The payment process is through a smartphone and a customer can skip the line and just walk out, which is incredible. Amazon and many others stores are waiting for other stores to join with them and keep technology moving forward.
Friday, September 8, 2017
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