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Every robotics VC holds their breath in anticipation...
by asjldkfin 6y ago
Every robotics VC holds their breath in anticipation...
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- muglug 6y agoThere's a tremendous political value to Amazon employing 800,000 people across the country. That doesn't diminish much if a few thousand of them unionise.
- DiggyJohnson 6y agoTruly genuine answer: It depends and is too early to tell. Specifically, it depends on whether this is a random ad hoc labor curfuffle (sp?) or a catalyst for increasing union sympathy and adoption.
- whimsicalism 6y ago> random ad hoc labor curfuffle It's definitely not that, this is a big push from the national unions trying to try out new models.
- pmiller2 6y ago"Kerfuffle," FYI, and only because you asked. :-)
- Semiapies 6y ago800k around the country isn't anything to a few K employed in a key district.
- pmiller2 6y agoOr a handful that are bought and paid for in an even more key district.
- Aunche 6y agoDo unions really incentivize automation? UAW blocks American automakers from transitioning to the Toyota production system, so unions would likely block any attempts of automation as well.
- keypusher 6y agoI believe the above comment was suggesting that if the union vote passes, Amazon will swiftly begin to get rid of as many human workers as possible and invest heavily in robotics to replace them.
- rstupek 6y agohttps://www.theverge.com/2021/3/29/22349978/boston-dynamics-stretch-robot-warehouse-logistics https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/29/22349978/boston-dynamics-... seems on point