Walmart Preparing For the Day When Robots Take Over

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Walmart Store Inc.'s (WMT) store of the future may appear to be scarily devoid of employees. In reality, humans will still work there, but expect to see more robots.
In addition to Walmart starting to use 16-foot automated towers to distribute online orders, scan-and-go technology to replace cashiers and digital screens to answer customers' questions, it may eventually deploy robots to handle inventory.


https://www.thestreet.com/story/142...anless.html?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO&yptr=yahoo

So, will there be fewer employees? Foran said "it will depend" on consumers and how their shifting needs shape the future of retail. That is why Walmart's "academies are so important to us," he said, as they will help to create new jobs.
 
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Amazon is far better at tech and customer service. If Amazon just starts opening stores I'd give them a 90% chance of taking a lot of market share from WalMart. Try doing the self checkout at a Walmart with some bananas. I've never gotten that to work in a year of trying. It doesn't work, I tell them, nothing changes...
 
When many workers are laid off the politicians have 2 choices
1. Pay people to stay home.
2. Restrict the use of machines.

We had the Luddites in the 19th century, who were put out of work by machines.
They used to smash the machines.
 
August 20 2017

Work-life balance: Why we should only work 15 hours a week

http://www.theage.com.au/nsw/workli...nly-work-15-hours-a-week-20170817-gxyfk2.html

A 15-hour work week sounds too good to be true. Especially when many Australians work excessive hours, often for no additional pay, and struggle with the cost of living.

Yet economist John Maynard Keynes suggested in 1930 that the work week would be whittled to 15 hours by 2030, according to Dutch writer and historian Rutger Bregman. A United States Senate committee report in the mid-1960s predicted the work week would be down to just 14 hours by 2000, with at least seven weeks off a year.
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misterkel said:
Nearly fell off my chair. Floating Warehouse!
WTF? (Why not what). What good is a floating warehouse?
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Ya know, its funny you bring that up. As far fetched as it sounded initially... imagine the utilization it would see in Texas now. It would be revolutionary in disaster recovery.
 
OddTrader said:
Walmart Store Inc.'s (WMT) store of the future may appear to be scarily devoid of employees. In reality, humans will still work there, but expect to see more robots.
In addition to Walmart starting to use 16-foot automated towers to distribute online orders, scan-and-go technology to replace cashiers and digital screens to answer customers' questions, it may eventually deploy robots to handle inventory.


https://www.thestreet.com/story/142...anless.html?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO&yptr=yahoo

So, will there be fewer employees? Foran said "it will depend" on consumers and how their shifting needs shape the future of retail. That is why Walmart's "academies are so important to us," he said, as they will help to create new jobs.
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This is disgusting. 1984 has arrived.
 
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