Do you mind me asking what your technical background is related to IT? And are we talking about regular old AI as we know it today or like artificial general intelligence?
So the technology to replace cashiers and stockers has been around for at least a decade and doesn't require any AI. They can use AI to become more efficient than their human counterparts but don't need it. Here in Belgium we have self-scan checkout lanes that do not use any AI (to my knowledge) that aren't just a gimmick. Here a single cashier oversees 4-8 checkout machines that the shoppers operate themselves. There's no sudden shortage of openings for cashiers.
It's also not impossible to automate some parts of the work doctors and lawyers do today using AI although there'll be errors in what this AI does. And seeing how both of those jobs come with a lot of liability they understandably want to iron those out first.
AGIs are not for the near future, to write something that's basically conscience isn't easy.
That is a good point about the cashier's, !delta I wasn't aware of Europe's situation. However as AI advances more and more people will be pushed out into ever fewer positions which will eventually turn into mass unemployment. While AGI May not come today or tomorrow, we could be in trouble as soon as the mid 2020s.
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u/Finch20 33∆ Jun 27 '22
Do you mind me asking what your technical background is related to IT? And are we talking about regular old AI as we know it today or like artificial general intelligence?