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IMO, this would be a bad outcome for all parties involved. The jobs being replaced are highly tedious, ie, fold the box, put the thing in the box, repeat for n

• bumby 6y ago
  >Those displaced would likely find better jobs. The article refutes this to an extent. One of the interviewees works at Amazon for ~$15/hr despite having previously work in an automotive plant for ~$23/hr, implying that they don’t exactly have a much choice to find better jobs but settle for whatever they can get
• thereisnospork 6y ago
  Agreed - but this is exactly the sort of thing unions have and do argue for[0] because the union's incentives don't align with the company's and the economy as a whole. [0] https://www.westport-news.com/news/article/Marty-the-robot-designed-to-steal-union-13655879.php https://www.westport-news.com/news/article/Marty-the-robot-d...
• sandworm101 6y ago
  >> IMO, this would be a bad outcome for all parties involved. Tell that to the "party" who is going to be fired. We can go on about the economic impacts of mechanization, what is good or not for the business, we can even talk about the rise of AI. None of that matters. The core of a union is protecting the current jobs of their current workers. That means standing up for people who are going to lose their job regardless of the cause.