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Amazon trials humanoid robots to 'free up' staff (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A union said Amazon had "been treating their workers like robots for years".

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm commenting on the part about "freeing up employees" as if they'll be able to live without a job once their role is replaced and becomes redundant. Robots are cool. Robots should be doing warehouse jobs. I was simply commenting on the choice of words.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That line is about freeing up employee hours to do other tasks

Shitloads of people in manufacturing, service, and distribution will be losing their jobs in the next decade or so as a result of automation. I just don't think that's a bad thing.