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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.
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Do not use if foil seal is broken.
(Score: 2) by https on Sunday May 19 2019, @08:50PM (7 children)
Paying dirt for labour is their entire business model.
Offended and laughing about it.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday May 19 2019, @11:06PM (6 children)
Putting shit in a box and slapping the sticker that automatically got printed out for you isn't exactly demanding work in any way. I imagine it's exceedingly unfulfilling as well. Epically shitty jobs like this absolutely should be automated.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Monday May 20 2019, @04:04AM (3 children)
OTOH, there exist people for whom this would be a challenging job.
OTGH, their efficiency is probably equally, um, challenging.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday May 20 2019, @10:42AM (2 children)
That's actually a better point than you'd think at first glance. Intelligence distribution falls out so that there are a non-trivial percentage of people so bloody stupid that they're not good for anything in a world where mindless tedium has been automated away. I'm not talking your average dumbass who can learn a useful skill eventually. I'm talking about the ones so slow that the Army thinks they're worthless as infantry or even cooks. That's going to become an issue even if it isn't yet. I think it's one we can deal with but it doesn't need to be forgotten.
IMO, they need something to do though rather than a permanent handout. Temporarily helping someone down on their luck's one thing but people, despite how nice a temporary break from it is, do not exist well for long periods without purpose. Depression and anti-social mental disorders start cropping up with alarming frequency in people who do nothing productive.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by ewk on Monday May 20 2019, @01:47PM (1 child)
"Depression and anti-social mental disorders start cropping up with alarming frequency in people who do nothing productive."
As witnessed here daily :-)
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday May 21 2019, @01:13AM
Oh to be able to be lumped in with that group. I've shoveled many tons of rock in the past few weeks. It's easier on my RSI than swinging a sledge hammer but I still wake up every morning barely able to hold a cup of coffee until I get everything stretched out and loosened up again.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Monday May 20 2019, @04:57AM (1 child)
I hate agreeing with you
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday May 20 2019, @10:47AM
I'm not always fond of agreeing with me either. Not every correct conclusion is a pleasant one.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.