Although certain service jobs like health aide or preschool teacher still seem safe,<br />others, like those in retail and food service, are already being displaced.<br />For a long time, economists argued that routine jobs like factory and clerical work were vulnerable to automation but<br />that jobs in both the service and knowledge sectors were safer.<br />Half the time worked by salespeople and cashiers is spent on tasks<br />that can be automated by technology that’s currently in use, according to a recent McKinsey Global Institute report.<br />Amazon’s Move Signals End of Line for Many Cashiers -<br />Get the Upshot in your Inbox<br />Imagine this scene from the future: You walk into a store<br />and are greeted by name, by a computer with facial recognition that directs you to the items you need.
