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I see Amazon as a company that wants to give a great service to humans but their humans in Warehouses aren't up to the task. I predict in a decade a large part
by nojvek 10y ago
I see Amazon as a company that wants to give a great service to humans but their humans in Warehouses aren't up to the task. I predict in a decade a large part of their warehouse will be automated for the labor heavy skills.
There is an inherent desire to enslave to leverage work off automation. Robots would be perfect slaves for corporations.
Whoever makes electric muscles and sells it at scale is going to be the next billionaire.
- stuffedBelly 10y agoTrue. Look at assembly lines in automobile industry. Robotic arm companies are already making billions.
- krapp 10y agoI work in an automated Amazon facility - robots carry the bins around to human associates who do the Moravec's Paradox - ridden work requiring fine motor skills and quick visual acuity (those bins can be very messy) or the simple labor that wouldn't be cost effective for a machine that probably costs more than my car (such as pushing juice carts around the facility.) The problem is, humans are up to the task - if you push them hard enough. A robot isn't going to be more cost effective than that for a long time to come. Given Amazon's culture, I'm not certain they would replace their human workforce en masse even if they could, as long as meat remains fundamentally cheaper.