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Heap_Good_Firewater t1_j9u4izu wrote

Reply to comment by supermegaampharos in Almost 40% of domestic tasks could be done by robots ‘within decade’ | Artificial intelligence (AI) by Gari_305

There are already experimental automated grocery warehouses where robots put together orders.

I’m convinced that this tech will replace most grocery shopping eventually, but it will take longer than a decade just to build out the warehouses and that is after the concept is proven and refined enough to be economically viable.

There’s a saying: “The future is here, it’s just not equally distributed yet.”

Basically, the lag between proof of concept and general availability is usually longer than you would expect. Most people aren’t as eager for change as the average person in this sub.

My guess is around 10% of people in rich countries will have access to automated grocery shopping in 10 years, and it will be the norm in 20 years.

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MrFantasticallyNerdy t1_j9v5k4r wrote

>There are already experimental automated grocery warehouses where robots put together orders.

I'll believe it's feasible when Amazon start using it. If nothing else, they have consistent volume that they can use to amortize the cost of this. Plus I'm pretty sure Jeff Bezos will enjoy not dealing with unflattening news about Amazon warehouse working conditions.

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danderson5 t1_j9v7m33 wrote

Have you seen the Kiva robots they bought several years ago? They're partway there already.

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