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New instalment of tech LARP. The Amazon worker replacement edition
2023 Oct 20, 1:46pm 1,844 views 34 comments
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Tenpoundbass
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2023 Oct 20, 1:52pm
Tenpoundbass
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2023 Oct 20, 1:52pm
See what an Amazon warehouse employee actually has to do? Those Robots are scanning or labeling anything. They didn't open a big box from one shipper receiver and open and sort them into separate bins. That video above is just a staged propaganda video, at no point in that video, are those Robots performing an actual Amazon task that a human counter part is doing. The work station those Robots are using are not anything like the offshoot conveyor next to a terminal, scanner, and label printer. They are just lifting an undisclosed amount of weight, just like every other Boston Dynamics LARP video where they are the star of the show.
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richwicks
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2023 Oct 20, 8:46pm
richwicks
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2023 Oct 20, 8:46pm
I agree, this is more propaganda to intimidate workers. Those robots cost $100's of thousands of dollars, and require regular maintenance. They aren't even close to replacing human beings.
Robots are NOT cheaper than people, generally. They are very expensive, and they regularly break down. No self-repair on a robot.
I think Amazon employees should call the bluff and challenge Amazon to replace all human workers. That would bankrupt Amazon.
Robots are NOT cheaper than people, generally. They are very expensive, and they regularly break down. No self-repair on a robot.
I think Amazon employees should call the bluff and challenge Amazon to replace all human workers. That would bankrupt Amazon.
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HeadSet
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2023 Oct 20, 9:05pm
HeadSet
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2023 Oct 20, 9:05pm
richwicks says
That is where the hordes of illegals come in.
I think Amazon employees should call the bluff and challenge Amazon to replace all human workers. That would bankrupt Amazon.
That is where the hordes of illegals come in.
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Well NO actually they did not say that, the actual report is they created these huge robots to perform Warehouse tasks. It's the media that's hyping it as the human replacements. Which that's all Amazon wants, to put the human employees and future employees on notice that they are replaceable.
I don't think these robots will ever do it, but let take a look at the video and see if you can spot what's wrong with this idea.
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Besides it just being a 20 second video, and in spite of the human over there very slowly feeding the tubs on the conveyor belt. The tubs don't even look like they have much of a load. Those Robots looks flimsy and clumsy, why do they need headlights on their eyes? The whole operation there looked slow and feeble. That was 20 seconds of a robot hobbling to a table, then hobbling back.