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>In the summer of 2020, Amazon’s warehouse in Bolton, England, was rolling out a new stowing system — known internally as “Nike” — that relied on computer visio
by tjpnz 4y ago
>In the summer of 2020, Amazon’s warehouse in Bolton, England, was rolling out a new stowing system — known internally as “Nike” — that relied on computer vision and manual checks from workers in India and Costa Rica.
I hope I wasn't the only one to notice that. The person who named it must be truly diabolical.
- hotpotamus 4y agoI'm not sure what the issue is with the italicized text (I get the neo-Dickensian awfulness of the article). Nike is Greek for Victory though.
- tjpnz 4y agoI was imagining Bezos watching from somewhere and screaming into a mic "JUST DO IT".