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The End of Self-Checkout

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On September 28, 2025
There were so many arguments around here a few years ago around self-checkout, in which consumers do free work for stores by checking themselves out and thus allowing employers to throw people out of work. Lots of LGM commenters loved this idea--they don't care about...
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AI & Job Loss

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On July 5, 2023
I have long been on record with concerns about the connections between artificial intelligence and massive job loss. That was the subject of my first New York Times op-ed. Some people didn't like it because they noted that the nation had survived automation before and...
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