A Supermarket customer's sweary rant on self-checkout tills

 https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/supermarket-customers-sweary-rant-self-31046085?int_source=nba

The Self-checkout terminals are certainly great in some ways. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-checkout#Advantages

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/self-checkout-cashiers-1.6931122

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2023/04/11/the-rise-of-self-checkout-navigating-the-current-evolution-in-retail/?sh=143e40ac50fa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-checkout#Typical_systems

https://www.soocial.com/self-checkout-statistics/

https://www.business.org/software/point-of-sale/the-pros-and-cons-of-using-self-checkouts/

https://uwaterloo.ca/arts-computing-newsletter/spring-2021/feature/pros-and-cons-self-checkout-technology

https://www.glory-global.com/en-gb/blogs/en_gb/2020/cash-integration-in--retail-self-checkout/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/self-checkout-cashiers-retail-jobs-technology-1.5020299

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/09/business/self-checkout-retail/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-checkout#Disadvantages

https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-self-checkout-is-coming-no-matter-how-much-you-hate-it There seems to be a push to have more automation at the expense of less jobs for people. 

https://www.icxa.org/articles/examing-the-disruptive-innovation-of-self-checkout/

https://mozo.com.au/bank-accounts/articles/australians-shun-cash-in-2020-but-70-still-oppose-cashless-society

https://globalnews.ca/news/9233528/cashless-canada-digital-future/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-are-you-being-served-1.3422736

If humanity realizes one day that its totally under the management and control of AI, will anyone be curious as to when the takeover started?