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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 | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 14:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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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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tux3 ◴[28 Aug 25 15:11 UTC] No.45053200[source]▶
Cashiers should not, and will not prevent theft. They're not paid nearly enough to get in danger, and it is not their job.

I'm sure you can find videos of thefts in San Francisco if you need a visual demonstration. No cashier is going to jump in front of someone to stop a theft.

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1. anthem2025 ◴[28 Aug 25 21:08 UTC] No.45057056[source]▶
They absolutely do. It’s not the cashiers being security, it’s having adequate staffing making people less likely to steal. Its not stopping crimes that have occurred it’s just reducing opportunistic theft.