Amazon hopes to replace 600k US workers with robots : hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se

Amazon hopes to replace 600k US workers with robots (www.theverge.com)

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[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

I bet they do after none of them could clock in yesterday

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[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Surely that means cheaper products!

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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Amazon also hopes to automate consumers by 2032

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

That's basically the internet right now: bots giving clicks to ads in AI-generated slop pages. No humans required.

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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago

True. I honestly think they will use bot consumers (and special finance math) to keep the numbers moving if they do realize their dream of eliminating human salaries

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[–] MrSmith@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Tax the robots.

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