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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: 0s | 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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graeme ◴[28 Aug 25 21:03 UTC] No.45057017[source]▶
A thief doesn't know what a cashier will do. And a cashier is an eye witness or can yell "hey stop them!"

You're doing the all or nothing fallacy. The fact that a cashier does not prevent all thefts does not mean a cashier does NOTHING for theft.

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1. dragonwriter ◴[28 Aug 25 21:16 UTC] No.45057131{3}[source]▶
> The fact that a cashier does not prevent all thefts does not mean a cashier does NOTHING for theft.

Yes, for one thing, it ignores that a very large share of retail theft is insider theft, and that cash handling positions are the largest portion of that.

Cashiers absolutely do something for theft.