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LinkPizza posted...

But there shouldn't be any downtime.

For those places with only a few registers, there would have to be.

LinkPizza posted...

And they probably wouldn't need to do much research as 1, people do that for them.

Not all stores are big enough to have a tech R&D division, and even the ones that do likely have competing priorities for their time. If their overall savings are not projected to be large, those man-hours are probably going to be assigned elsewhere.

LinkPizza posted...

Well, that's not true at all. When I got my iphone 6, it wasn't $1000 like the new iphones are. The smartphones I see are always getting more expensive than the previous ones. Game consoles, too... As they make better headsets for gaming, those also seem to get more expensive. Most of the newer stuff is better, but also more expensive. Because the parts are probably more expensive, as well... And if they have any shortages, they probably don't help much, either...

Well first off, you're not adjusting for inflation and secondly, you're restricting yourself to the top-end models.

I can get a brand-new smart phone today for $90; even without adjusting for inflation, there were no smart phones available that cheap 15 years ago. Yes, if you insist on having the newest, flashiest model, you're not necessarily going to see price savings, but if you're willing to go with something that's not top-of-the-line, lower costs become available the further into a product's development you go.

LinkPizza posted...

But for now, humans would do that better, as I think the car is focusing on other things around it... Like just sensing any obstacles instead of trying to read said obstacle's face...

You think wrong because you're applying human traits to a machine.

Robots don't "focus" on anything; they simply take in data from all around them. Having them read a human's face and identify potential problems (like them talking on a phone or nodding off) doesn't take any more effort from them than driving normally. Unlike humans, who have to focus their attention on specific tasks, AI are true multi-taskers, able to do as many different simultaneous tasks as they need to with no drop in effectiveness.

LinkPizza posted...

No. It exist.

Then prove it - not with your own theory, but with actual data and sources. I'm not going to try and answer for a hypothetical that, by your own admission, you can't even describe.

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