Reddit mentions of HUSHIDA 32 Inch Digital Self Service Order Kiosk 1080P FHD LED Screen Capacitive 10 Point Touch for Restaurant Supermarket (Base Not Included)

Hi afcij

Just gonna copy/paste a piece i wrote to convince someone else. Hope this helps.

This is a Hushida self service order kiosk

https://www.amazon.com/HUSHIDA-Capacitive-Restaurant-Supermarket-Included/dp/B07TXTHX6Y/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=self+service+kiosk+restaurant&qid=1565834090&s=gateway&sr=8-1

I'm sure you have seen at least one of these. They're starting to pop up everywhere. Current sale price on amazon is $1641.79, you can get one on Alibaba.com for even cheaper at $1275. Now lets assume a minimum wage of $15 and for the purposes of this experiment, let us use the higher figure.

If we replace 1 worker at minimum wage, our break even point is

1641.79/15 =109.5

109.5 hours in. So in approximately 5 days we will recover our money. But wait, each machine should be able to do the work of 2 workers, pressing a picture of an item yourself is much faster than telling another person to do it for you right? So let's fire 2 workers and we'll recover the costs in 2 days.

I understand that we are conditioned to believe that technology creates jobs. But in this case the jobs created will be in China, where these kiosks will be manufactured.

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But that's different, its fast food workers, and supermarket workers and cashiers everywhere, not me. I am a highly educated person, those people should have studied harder and got a degree. Then they would be safe right?

How about radiologists? They have a medical degree. Are they safe?

http://news.mit.edu/2019/using-ai-predict-breast-cancer-and-personalize-care-0507

MIT is proving otherwise. We are soon going to be able to use AI to detect breast cancer. And we will be able detect it earlier, which will save so many lives. People think they would prefer a human doctor, but soon they will not have a choice, it would be irresponsible not to let an AI do a job which can save your life. And most people prefer to live than they like their doctor.

Many more examples are heading our way

accountants - https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/28/goodbye-accountants-startup-builds-ai-to-automate-all-your-accounting/

lawyers - https://www.zdnet.com/article/lawyers-on-the-automation-chopping-block-as-ai-gets-jd/

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Now, I think we can both agree that this wave of job loss would be terrible for society. As more people are pushed into financial distress, more crime and destruction will occur. But if this is such a serious problem, why haven't other countries reacted to this? The answer is that they have.

China- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social\_Credit\_System

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-social-credit-system-punishments-and-rewards-explained-2018-4/?r=US&IR=T

While not overtly stated, a social credit system is an excellent way to control a population during mass societal change. Such as an automation wave. Many other countries are considering such measures to curb crime and control their populations. For instance Australia: https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2019/04/chinas-people-monitoring-software-being-deployed-in-darwin/

Is the freedom dividend perfect? Of course not! But is it a good response to the problems I have stated above? I hope you will eventually agree with me. I am in the manufacturing industry and I will be one of the people who will reap massive gains from this technological wave of innovation. I can see how my competitors and I will grow increasingly wealthy. But I have no interest in living in a bunker underground, like a worm surrounded in stacks of cash, just to avoid being harmed. Do not let me steal the sun away from myself. I need your help too.