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Amazon's Vulcan Robots Now Stow Items Faster Than Humans

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209 points Luc | 1 comments | 09 May 25 11:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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danielovichdk ◴[09 May 25 11:58 UTC] No.43935820[source]▶
And yet some people think AI will take over jobs. I am amazed this robot was not in place 20 years ago. Really ?
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conception ◴[09 May 25 12:06 UTC] No.43935862[source]▶
Human labor is shockingly cheap.
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bayindirh ◴[09 May 25 12:30 UTC] No.43936015[source]▶
Actually it's pretty expensive in the long run. They want raises, are finicky about their health, have pesky habits like going home, having life partners and something silly called work/life balance. Also, they sometimes organize and become collective bodies under something called a union.

In reality, I'm a strong supporter of everything above. Maybe we can really provide people better jobs by delegating repetitive and boring things to machines and allow everyone to do something they enjoy to earn their lives.

One can dream, I guess...

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maintainarmsx ◴[09 May 25 13:03 UTC] No.43936268[source]▶
>are finicky about their health

Machines are anything but reliable. They need constant servicing and maintenance and still break entirely

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1. bluGill ◴[09 May 25 13:32 UTC] No.43936530[source]▶
Humans are not reliable either. Humans are much more likely to be out sick unexpectedly.

If you keep up the maintenance plan for machines they rarely break before their predicted retirement date when you replace them. And since the maintenance and retirement dates are predicted in advance you can plan for them and thus ensure they happen when you want them to.