This article needs a lot more detail before it can even begin to be used as an indicator of impending rapid mass technological unemployment. The huge, mostly m

This article needs a lot more detail before it can even begin to be used as an indicator of impending rapid mass technological unemployment. The huge, mostly mechanical system pictured in the Japan News article doesn't visually differ much from AS/RS systems that have been developing for fifty years. And according to the linked Reuters article, Uniqlo doesn't appear to be benefiting from AI or breakthrough tech, but is merely attempting to deploy automated warehouses, a relatively old technology, globally. Barring new details, this article doesn't describe the beginning of an avalanche of robot workers, but an established $XXm custom build process entered into by the latest company with sufficient scale, margins, capital, etc to make it worth the investment.