Comment on Amazon hopes to replace 600,000 US workers with robots, according to leaked documents
recentSlinky@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
As they actively destroy any chance of progress in computing? Probably even degressing it by supporting the AI bubble? Good luck with having robots that can do more than 5% of the basics of what an average human can do :)
Sure it’ll be able to do it very “efficiently”, but that efficiency is extremely relative at best, and sacrifices way more in the background making it less efficient overall.
Too bad the people running these companies can’t see beyond their next quarterly numbers to know this, or know how business, technology, the economy, or how humans work.
AA5B@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
It only needs to do 5% of what a human can do. They’re basically talking about automating low wage warehouse people
While I realize these are decent sources of jobs in some economically depressed areas, it can’t be a very satisfying jobs and certainly the rest of us not directly affected should have no objection. While I have empathy toward those losing jobs, let’s lose them