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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 20 2019, @03:07AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 20 2019, @03:07AM (#845396)

    the whole point of the God State Allowance/UBI is b/c automation will take so many jobs that civ will collapse if something is not done.

    Good God!!! Won't this meme ever die? Look, the State is not going to give you an allowance merely because you exist. This is not how it has ever worked in the past. And it almost certainly won't work that way any time in the future. Sorry if this bursts your bubble, but it's the truth. And civilization is not going to collapse either if you and your family and friends do not get a UBI. The way excess population has typically been taken care of in the past is by wars. Or, sometimes those in power set up gruesome games of survival of the fittest to entertain and amuse themselves and the masses. Think gladiators, for example. Think Hunger Games. Those are the "onerous strings" that are most likely to be added later. Yes, it will get ugly. Just so you know.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 20 2019, @02:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 20 2019, @02:54PM (#845528)

    Or the excess population rises up, a certain number die in that revolt, and we find out if the masters will lose by sheer numbers.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 20 2019, @09:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 20 2019, @09:15PM (#845642)

    it was meant as tongue in cheek but "alrighty then".