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AI adoption linked to 13% decline in jobs for young U.S. workers: study

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440 points pseudolus | 12 comments | 28 Aug 25 14:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.007s | source | bottom
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ArtTimeInvestor ◴[28 Aug 25 15:06 UTC] No.45053123[source]▶
Every day when I am out in the city, I am amazed by how many jobs we have NOT managed to replace with AI yet.

For example, cashiers. There are still many people spending their lives dragging items over a scanner, reading a number from a screen, holding out their hand for the customer to put money in, and then sorting the coins into boxes.

How hard can it be to automate that?

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lotsofpulp ◴[28 Aug 25 15:07 UTC] No.45053139[source]▶
The hard part is preventing theft, not adding numbers.
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1. ArtTimeInvestor ◴[28 Aug 25 15:09 UTC] No.45053165[source]▶
Is the theft really happening at the checkout?

And if so, why can't we detect it via camera + AI?

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2. Ekaros ◴[28 Aug 25 15:30 UTC] No.45053447[source]▶
Checkouts are often only egress points. So having pair of eyes over them does have some effect compared to having none at all.
3. lotsofpulp ◴[28 Aug 25 15:40 UTC] No.45053584[source]▶
Detecting theft does not mean theft is prevented. You then need the government to prosecute, and impose sufficient punishment to deter theft. This is not cheap, nor a given that it will happen.
4. Lovesong ◴[28 Aug 25 20:25 UTC] No.45056651[source]▶
You detect someone leaving your store with a 4€ item. What then?
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5. distances ◴[28 Aug 25 20:54 UTC] No.45056923[source]▶
There are stores that are abandoning self-checkouts completely and going back to cashiers as the theft rose to unsustainable numbers.
6. Workaccount2 ◴[28 Aug 25 21:09 UTC] No.45057065[source]▶
You ban them from coming back in after a few warnings. Stores seem really icy about facial recognition right now though. The optics are pretty bad (a play on words pun?)
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7. anthem2025 ◴[28 Aug 25 21:09 UTC] No.45057066[source]▶
So take the broken god awful experience of self checkout and add another layer of “I think you did something wrong so now you have to stand around waiting for an actual person”?

No thanks.

8. lotsofpulp ◴[29 Aug 25 02:14 UTC] No.45059286{3}[source]▶
Who is going to stop them from coming back in?
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9. undersuit ◴[29 Aug 25 02:53 UTC] No.45059596{4}[source]▶
You install AI-powered turnstiles at the entrance. Come on haven't you seen or read any dystopian media? :)
10. mothballed ◴[29 Aug 25 13:14 UTC] No.45063697{4}[source]▶
There have been a few stores that won't really stop people from coming back, they just quietly file charges, and then the person finds out next time they get pulled over or something along those lines.
11. mothballed ◴[29 Aug 25 13:16 UTC] No.45063730[source]▶
Use your army of lawyers to help file misdemeanor theft charges of course. Then get one out of 100 of the defendants who actually has something to lose to pay big damages to fund it to happen again the next time.
12. Workaccount2 ◴[29 Aug 25 13:24 UTC] No.45063805{4}[source]▶
No one, they get automatically flagged, and then someone asks them to leave. Or the police are called and they are trespassed.