Amazon's humanoid warehouse robots will eventually cost only $3 per hour to operate. That won't calm workers' fears of being replaced.
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The robot's human-like shape is bound to reignite workers' fears of being replaced, but Amazon says they're designed to "work collaboratively."
  • CanadaPlus@futurology.todayEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Usually what’s happened in the past is that new jobs become economical. If every possible job is replaced then that’s the new territory.

    I’m highly, highly skeptical this robot doesn’t suck, though. They say it won’t fully replace their workers, and I suspect that’s because it’s going to get stuck around a tricky corner or tangled in a loose pieces of packing tape constantly.

    • Anticorp@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Then instead of a warehouse full of people, Amazon will end up with a warehouse full of robots, and a few robot babysitters.

      • CanadaPlus@futurology.todayEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Best case, yes exactly. But again, that’s happened before many times though (once upon a time, there was no conveyor belts or cranes in a warehouse either, there was guys doing that work) so I’m not too worried. Worst case it just fails.