I stood in one of local Walmart`s last week around 2 PM and watched a Robot wearing a name tag that said "Bob "take a complete inventory on one long aisle as he worked his way carefully around and among shoppers . I timed it . It took him 3 minutes . Then he turned almost elegantly and scanned the other side of the aisle .
In California" Bob " relays the info to the back room of the store as well as to the warehouse a distant away . The " Back-Room " version of Bob loads up what is needed to restock the shelves and moves about the store replenishing them .
At the Regional Warehouse another " Bob " loads a truck with needed inventory to be driven to a Walmart Store .
Soon that truck will drive itself to that store . Upon arrival one of the " Bobs " will unload the truck and store the merchandise in the " Back-Room " . So far no low wage humans involved in the entire process . And this is how the need for many future low wage workers will be solved .
Of course none of this really matters for Climate Change is going to make this a" Moot Problem "according to the same minds that twist data to form a narrative for a " Slam-Article " printed in a dying publication within a dying industry .
Last edited by Buffalo Jim; 10-14-2019 at 09:26 PM.
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