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I was about to write the same thing. He's the last guy at the factory. Surrounded by other robots impatiently waiting on this slow human. I used to think Ama
by codecamper 10y ago
I was about to write the same thing. He's the last guy at the factory. Surrounded by other robots impatiently waiting on this slow human.
I used to think Amazon was great when they sold books. Now I'm not so sure.
but I suppose it's too late. Once humans are removed, they can drop prices lower than anyone with humans could possibly provide. yikes.
- icebraining 10y agoSo when Amazon replaced all those cashiers, cleaners and rest of retail personnel with a site they were great, but replacing a few warehouse jobs is sad?
- codecamper 10y agoyou make a good point, but it wasn't so obvious back then what was happening. the world was still dialup.
- senthilnayagam 10y agoincrease the wages and ROI for robots will look more attractive
- visarga 10y agoOn the long term issue of unemployment, instead of talking about how jobs were lost to robots, we should focus on how to make robots work for us, the rest of the population, not just Amazon. People should invest in these technologies so they get to share in the dividends. Otherwise, there is a second path - vertically integrated communities, with their own farming, schooling, health and manufacturing, so that people have a job and provide for themselves.