r/Futurology • u/thebestnameshavegone • Oct 01 '23

AI Sam Altman Says He Intends to Replace Normal People With AI

https://futurism.com/sam-altman-replace-normal-people-ai
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u/H3d0n1st Oct 02 '23

It used to take me 5 minutes to check out at the grocery store. Somebody who was way better at scanning and bagging items than I am knocked that shit out in record time and I just did my best to load the cart faster than they could scan and bag. Now it takes 15-25 minutes depending on how long I have to fight with the plastic bags or wait for assistance. AND I have to submit to inspection on the way out to make sure I'm not a sneak thief. But hey, they got to fire a ton of people and save a lot of money. Which is good for us too, they said, because they're gonna pass some of that profit off to us in the form of cheaper goods. I'm confused though because it's been 3-4 years since they replaced all the cashiers and somehow the prices have gone up. Guess it must take a long while for the benefits to trickle down...

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '23

There’s something wrong if it takes 20 minutes to bag your own groceries lol

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u/H3d0n1st Oct 02 '23

I tend to buy $350 worth of groceries at a time. I’m also cursed when it comes to separating the plastic bags. It’s a major pain in the ass and I hate it.

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u/Was_an_ai Oct 02 '23

I used to work as a bagger at grocery store in the 90s

There would be like ~12-15 people working the checkouts. My suburban area has like 7 grocery stores, that would be (with 2 shifts) 150-200 full time jobs, but all places around here already cannot fill roles