When bots do the buying where is the value in shopping?

Supermarket shopping is not something that most of us do for entertainment. It takes time out of our day to battle for car spaces, dodge trolleys, swerve around tantrumming toddlers and queue at the cashier. All that to pick up the same old washing powder and muesli. In no time, artificial intelligence will be doing it for us. The “weekly shop” may be consigned to retail history, as staples and pantry items are delivered to us whenever we need them, possibly before we even know we need them.

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