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New Amazon Machines Can Pack 600 Orders Per Hour, Could Replace Thousands of Jobs

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday May 19 2019, @04:34PM   
from the high-turnover-positions dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

foxnews.com/tech/amazon-machines-replace-thousands-of-jobs

The machines, which were being tested in a few warehouses in recent years, are able to scan goods coming down a conveyor belt and put them in custom-built boxes a few seconds later.

The machines can pack up boxes at a rate of 600 to 700 per hour, or four to five times as fast as human workers, according to Reuters, which first reported the development.

Also at: Reuters

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• Here's hoping they automate YOUR job Here's hoping they automate YOUR job (Score: 3, Insightful) by Gaaark on Monday May 20 2019, @03:57PM (1 child)

  by Gaaark (41) on Monday May 20 2019, @03:57PM (#845543) Journal

  Sure, but do you have a job for those who were laid off?
  If not, you'll have rebellion, starvation...all so one person can get richer, until they find there's no one who can afford to buy their products/services.

  So, no jobs, no money, no UBI?

  Yeah...that's a future to look forward to.

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• Re:Here's hoping they automate YOUR job (Score: 2) by isostatic on Tuesday May 21 2019, @06:31AM

  by isostatic (365) on Tuesday May 21 2019, @06:31AM (#845727) Journal

  I do hope they automate my job - given that much of my job is automating my job. I don't want to do menial repetitive work that can be automated.

  I trust that Buggy Whip manufacturers are still complaining about their jobs going?

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