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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: 3, Insightful) by Bobs on Sunday May 19 2019, @09:25PM (1 child)

    by Bobs (1462) on Sunday May 19 2019, @09:25PM (#845344)

    Nice theoretical, ivory tower argument.

    In the real world, just about anyplace you can get Section-8 housing there is already a waiting-list months long: demand far outstrips supply.

    Everybody offering Section-8 is charging the max the government allows, and

    Offering a UBI will have effectively zero impact on the availability or price of section-8 housing.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 20 2019, @12:31AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 20 2019, @12:31AM (#845374)

    I use section 8 as an example of something *like* UBI.

    Depending on the state you live in section 8 is either pre-approved places or a stipend and any place is possible (with in price ranges). There are 2 types of landlords. The let it rot landlords. They *love* section 8. Easy to flip. The the others as investment property owners. They do everything they can to keep people out like that. They usually destroy the place. They have no skin in the game. (source: I know many landlords).