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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   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday May 20 2019, @06:32PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday May 20 2019, @06:32PM (#845589) Journal

    As opposed to a more desirable, totally non-capitalistic future where mankind is freed from toil by the machines it managed to create over aeons of successful evolution, and the few that still work - not because they have to but because they choose to - get to enjoy an even better life.

    Until the AI that owns all the stuff cuts us off. Such fantasies are wonderful until you realize that you have no control over whether the fantasy stays on the rails. At least with capitalist futures, we own stuff and thus, have some additional level of control over our destinies.