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Lapho osokheshi beshabalala, esitolo kanye nokuthengwa ku-inthanethi kuhlangana: Ikusasa lezitolo P2

UDavid Tal, Umshicileli, i-Futurist
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Msombuluko, 09/14/2020 - 08:55

Unyaka ka-2033, futhi bekuwusuku olude emsebenzini. Ulalele i-blues-rock yakudala ka-The Black Keys, uhlezi esihlalweni sakho somshayeli, futhi uthola ama-imeyili akho omuntu siqu ngenkathi imoto yakho yehla ngomgwaqo omkhulu ikuyisa ekhaya ukuze uthole isidlo sakusihlwa.

Uthola umbhalo. Isuka efrijini lakho. Kukukhumbuza okwesithathu ukuthi uphelelwa yikho konke ukudla kwakho. Imali iqinile, awufuni ukukhokha igilosa ukuze uhambise ukudla okushintsha emzini wakho, kodwa futhi uyazi ukuthi umkakho uzokubulala uma ukhohlwe ukuthenga igrosa ngosuku lwesithathu lulandelana. Ngakho-ke ulanda uhlu lwegrosa yefriji yakho bese uyala imoto yakho ngezwi ukuze iphambukele esitolo segrosa esiseduze.

Imoto ingena endaweni yokupaka yamahhala eduze komnyango wesitolo esikhulu futhi kancane kancane iphakamisa umculo ukuze ikuvuse obuthongweni bakho. Ngemva kokuthungatha phambili futhi wehlisa umculo, uphuma emotweni yakho ungene ngaphakathi.

Konke kuyakhanya futhi kuyamema. Imikhiqizo, izinto ezibhakwayo, nezindawo zokudla esikhundleni sokudla kukhulu, kuyilapho izingxenye zenyama nezilwane zasolwandle zincane futhi zibiza. Isuphamakethe ngokwayo nayo ibukeka inkulu, hhayi ngoba ihlakaniphile endaweni, kodwa ngoba akukho muntu lapha. Ngaphandle kwabanye abathengi abambalwa, okuwukuphela kwabanye abantu esitolo ngabaqoki bokudla asebekhulile abaqoqa ama-oda okudla okulethwa ekhaya.

Uyalukhumbula uhlu lwakho. Into yokugcina oyifunayo ngomunye umbhalo oqinile ovela esiqandisini sakho—ngandlela-thile abonakala emubi kakhulu kunemibhalo oyithola kumkakho. Uhamba ucosha zonke izinto ohlwini lwakho, ngaphambi kokuphusha inqola yakho endleleni yokuphuma bese ubuyela emotweni yakho. Njengoba ulayisha i-trunk, uthola isaziso kufoni yakho. Yirisidi yedijithali ye-bitcoin yakho konke ukudla ophume nakho.

Ekujuleni kwenhliziyo ujabule. Uyazi ukuthi ifriji yakho izoyeka ukukuhlupha, okungenani ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo.

Umuzwa wokuthenga ongenazihibe

Isimo esingenhla sibonakala singenamthungo ngendlela emangalisayo, akunjalo? Kodwa izosebenza kanjani?

Ngasekuqaleni kwawo-2030s, yonke into, ikakhulukazi ukudla ezitolo ezinkulu izoba namathegi e-RFID (amancane, alandelekayo, izitikha ze-ID noma ama-pellets) ashunyekwe kuzo. Laba bomaki bangama-microchip amancane axhumana ngokungenantambo nezinzwa eziseduze ezibuye zixhumane nekhompyutha enkulu yesitolo ehlanganisa idatha noma isevisi yekhompuyutha yamafu. ... Ngiyazi, lowo musho wawukuningi okufanele uthathwe. Ngokuyisisekelo, yonke into oyithengayo izoba nekhompyutha kuyo, lawo makhompyutha azokhuluma wodwa, futhi azosebenzisana ukwenza isipiliyoni sakho sokuthenga, kanye nempilo yakho, Kalula nakakhulu.

(Lobu buchwepheshe busekelwe kakhulu ku- Inthanethi Things ukuthi ungafunda kabanzi mayelana nathi Ikusasa le-inthanethi uchungechunge.)

Njengoba lobu buchwepheshe busakazeka kakhulu, abathengi bazovele baqoqe igilosa enqoleni yabo bese bephuma esitolo ngaphandle kokuxhumana nomuntu othatha imali. Isitolo besiyobhalisa zonke izinto umthengi azikhethe ekude ngaphambi kokushiya indawo futhi sikhokhise umthengi ngokuzenzekelayo ngohlelo lwakhe lokukhokha alukhethayo ocingweni lwakhe. Le nqubo izokonga abathengi isikhathi esiningi futhi iholele ekwehleni kwamanani okudla isiyonke, ngenxa yokuthi isitolo esikhulu singadingi ukumaka umkhiqizo wabo ukuze bakhokhele okheshi nokuphepha.

Abantu abadala, noma ama-Luddites adidekile kakhulu ukuthi angaphatha ama-smartphone abelana ngomlando wabo wokuthenga, basengakhokha besebenzisa okheshi wendabuko. Kodwa lokho kuthengiselana kuzodumazeka kancane kancane ngamanani aphezulu emikhiqizo ekhokhelwe ngezindlela zendabuko. Nakuba isibonelo esingenhla siphathelene nokuthenga igrosa, qaphela ukuthi lolu hlobo lokuthenga esitolo olulula luzohlanganiswa nezitolo zezitolo zazo zonke izinhlobo.

Ekuqaleni, lo mkhuba uzoqala ngezitolo zohlobo lwe-showroom eziya ngokuduma ezibonisa imikhiqizo emikhulu noma ebizayo kuyilapho zinohlu lwamagama, uma lukhona. Lezi zitolo zizongeza kancane kancane izimpawu ezisebenzisanayo ezithi “Yithenge manje” ezitendeni zemikhiqizo yazo. Lezi zimpawu noma izitikha noma omaka bazofaka amakhodi esizukulwane esilandelayo se-QR noma ama-chips e-RFID azovumela amakhasimende ukuthi asebenzise ama-smartphones awo ukuze athenge ngokushesha imikhiqizo abayithola esitolo ngokuchofoza kanye. Imikhiqizo ethengiwe izolethwa ezindlini zamakhasimende ezinsukwini ezimbalwa, noma ngenkokhelo, ngosuku olulandelayo noma usuku olufanayo nokulethwa kuzotholakala. Akunamsindo, akukho msindo.

Ngaleso sikhathi, izitolo ezithwala futhi ezithengisa iqoqo elikhulu lezimpahla kancane kancane zizosebenzisa lolu hlelo ukuze luthathele abakheshi sebebonke. Eqinisweni, i-Amazon isanda kuvula isitolo segrosa, esibizwa nge-Amazon Go, esithemba ukuthi sizokwenza isimo sethu sokuvula sibe ngokoqobo cishe iminyaka eyishumi ngaphambi kwesikhathi esimisiwe. Amakhasimende e-Amazon angavele angene endaweni ye-Amazon Go ngokuskena ocingweni lwawo, akhethe imikhiqizo ayifunayo, ahambe, futhi imali yawo yegrosa idonswe ngokuzenzakalelayo ku-akhawunti yawo ye-Amazon. Buka ividiyo engezansi ukuze ubone ukuthi i-Amazon iyichaza kanjani:

Ngo-2026, lindela i-Amazon ukuthi iqale ukunikeza amalayisense lobu buchwepheshe bokuthengisa kubathengisi abancane njengesevisi, ngaleyo ndlela kusheshiswe ukushintshela ekuthengeni okungekho frictionless.

Elinye iphuzu okufanele licatshangelwe ukuthi lokhu kuthenga esitolo kusazobalulwa esitolo ngasinye ukuthengiswa kwamaselula okuvela kuso, ukukhuthaza abaphathi bezitolo ukuthi bakhuthaze ukusetshenziswa kwabo. Lokhu kusho ukuthi abathengi bazokwazi ukuthenga imikhiqizo ku-inthanethi bengaphakathi esitolo, futhi kuzoba isipiliyoni sokuthenga esilula kunawo wonke.

Delivery isizwe

Sekushiwo lokho, nakuba le ndlela entsha yokuthenga ingase ingabi nazihibe, engxenyeni ethile yabantu, isengase ingabi lula ngokwanele.

Kakade, ngenxa yezinhlelo zokusebenza ezifana ne-Postmates, i-UberRUSH, nezinye izinsiza, abasha nababheke kakhulu iwebhu bakhetha ukuthi bakhiphe izinto zabo, igrosa, nokunye okuningi okuthengiwe kulethwe ngqo emnyango wabo.

Ukuvakashela kabusha isibonelo sethu sesitolo segrosa, inani elifanelekile labantu lizovele liphume ngokuphelele ekuvakasheleni izitolo zegrosa. Esikhundleni salokho, amanye amaketango egrosa azoguqula izitolo zabo eziningi zibe izindawo zokugcina izimpahla eziletha ukudla ngqo kumakhasimende ngemva kokukhetha ukudla akuthengile ngemenyu eku-inthanethi. Lawo maketango egrosa anquma ukugcina izitolo zawo azoqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngolwazi lokuthenga esitolo, kodwa azophinde angezelele imali engenayo ngokusebenza njengendawo yokugcina ukudla yasendaweni kanye nesikhungo sokuthunyelwa kwezinhlobonhlobo zama-e-bhizinisi amancane okulethwa kokudla.

Ngaleso sikhathi, iziqandisi ezihlakaniphile, ezinikwe amandla iwebhu zizosheshisa leyo nqubo ngokuqapha kokubili ukudla ojwayele ukukuthenga (ngamathegi e-RFID) kanye nezinga lokusebenzisa kwakho ukuze udale uhlu lokuthenga ukudla oluzenzekelayo. Uma usuzophelelwa ukudla, isiqandisi sakho sizokuthumela umlayezo ocingweni lwakho, sikubuze ukuthi uyafuna yini ukuphinda usifake isiqandisi ngohlu lokuthenga kusengaphambili (okuhlanganisa nezincomo zezempilo eziqondene nomuntu kunjalo), bese—ngokuchofoza kanye. inkinobho yokuthenga—thumela i-oda kuchungechunge lwakho lwe-e-grocery olubhalisiwe, utshele ukuthi uhlu lwakho lokuthenga lulethwe ngosuku olufanayo. Lokhu akukude kangako engqondweni yakho; uma i-Amazon's Echo ithola ikhono lokukhuluma nesiqandisi sakho, khona-ke leli kusasa le-sci-fi lizoba ngokoqobo ngaphambi kokuthi wazi.

Futhi, khumbula ukuthi lolu hlelo lokuthenga oluzenzakalelayo ngeke lugcine ezitolo kuphela, kodwa kuzo zonke izinto zasendlini uma amakhaya ahlakaniphile esejwayelekile. Kodwa-ke, ngisho nalokhu kukhula kwesidingo sezinsizakalo zokulethwa kwezidingo, izitolo zezitini nodaka aziyi ndawo maduze, njengoba sihlola esahlukweni sethu esilandelayo.