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DHagar
DHagar
1/18/2018 5:03:31 PM
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Re: Digitialization = Operations Overhaul
@elizabethv, good points.  Well clearly their practical impact has resulted in a threat to the taxi business, whether or not that and an anti-union sentiment is the reason!  So without question they have created enemies.

Regarding their economic losses, they have chosen the fast lane so it will be up to them to continue to be highly competite and resilient if they are going to be economically solvent.

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srufolo1
srufolo1
1/18/2018 12:56:03 PM
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Re: Jobs
@afwriter I agree with you. We have to evolve. If machines take over, we have to do something even greater if the human race is to not become extinct. I always think of that prophetic song "In the year 2525, if man is still alive." 

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afwriter
afwriter
1/18/2018 12:24:05 PM
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Re: Jobs
This is always my argument as well and it is sometimes an unpopular one, but I stick to it. I'm not sure that technology has every really gotten rid of jobs, it's just changed them. 

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afwriter
afwriter
1/18/2018 12:22:06 PM
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Re: Transition
And think about how much data that is going to take for a single car. Then you have to multiply that by millions of cars on the road. There is so much that needs to be done before I think we can even get close to letting cars take over completely.

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afwriter
afwriter
1/18/2018 12:19:23 PM
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Re: Jobs
The only thing I don't like about self check outs is the uncertainty of it all. I find myself asking if I typed in a produce code right or if whatever electronic I am buying is going to set off the alarm because I didn't de-magnetize (or whatever you do) it properly. 

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srufolo1
srufolo1
1/18/2018 9:27:22 AM
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Re: Digitialization = Operations Overhaul
@elizabethv And they deserve to put the taxi industry out of business if they are more efficient at getting people from Point A to Point B in clean cars that don't smell like someone passed away in the back seat. That's the point ... making things more efficient, and the guys that started Uber were fed up with waiting around for a taxi in the rain. It's a great concept. People are even using Uber in place of ambulances. So now we're talking about putting the ambulance industry out of business. Taking an Uber to the hospital would be a lot cheaper too. It's all about the demands of the consumers. If the taxi industry can't keep up, they need to figure out a way they can.

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srufolo1
srufolo1
1/18/2018 9:21:59 AM
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Re: Jobs
@elizabethv  I don't think self-service checkouts are inherently a bad thing, especially when the lines are long at the regular cashier and you are in a rush. I don't think they replaced anyone really. They still need people to monitor them to see that no one is stealing anything (sometimes the register initiates an audit and someone has to come over to check the items in the cart), and in New York here, to see whether you are paying for the plastic bags you use, jobs actually created. Getting back to the plastic bags now costing 5 cents. What happened to when you used your own bags and YOU got paid a nickel for them. 

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elizabethv
elizabethv
1/18/2018 9:16:39 AM
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Re: Jobs
@srufolo1 - I do think some jobs may be lost, but I think overall there will just need to be an adjustment in the market. Though I do intentionally avoid all self-service check outs. Which even Costco has now. That is one market shift I have no desire to support. 

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elizabethv
elizabethv
1/18/2018 9:14:30 AM
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Re: Digitialization = Operations Overhaul
@DHagar - Uber may have a lot of things going right for it, but my understanding is that they are also operating at a net loss, for multiple quarters in a row. And there is a theory out there that they were specifically designed and are run for the purpose of undermining the taxi industry, because the taxi industry is one of the few industries left that utilizes a Union. After learning that my desire to ever even consider Uber or Lyft (which is really just Uber) dropped considerably. 

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srufolo1
srufolo1
1/17/2018 11:15:06 PM
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Re: Jobs
@elizabethv I agree. The root of all our fears about AI and robots is that they will replace humans. They may replace them in the things humans used to do before they took over, but there will be other jobs created as a result.

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