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Re:Ask HN: What happened to robots taking all our jobs? by lupire on Sunday June 26, 2022 @10:41AM (#31884447)
That only works because of the previous success in semi automating checkout, and scaling up the efficiency of security via CCTV.
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Re:Ask HN: What happened to robots taking all our jobs? by easytiger on Monday June 27, 2022 @08:15AM (#31893459)
Checkouts weren't previously automated, they were digitised. The reporting of data was no longer a manual process so you could argue the backoffice tasks were automated.
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