• idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    There aren’t people who will lose the jobs they currently hold because customers get their own products from the store, but there are people who will lose their jobs if everyone switches to self checkout. It’s not a contradiction to view them differently, just like it’s not a contradiction to view the sewing machine and generative ai differently

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      14 days ago

      But people did lose their jobs when shops switched to customers getting their own stuff off the shelves.