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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: 0.218s | source
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elzbardico ◴[09 May 25 13:07 UTC] No.43936303[source]▶
Why do we think this is a good thing without socialism? I am not a fan of socialism, but with the level of automation we are reaching, do we really want to be ruled by our incel tech-bro overlords, living out of UBI, in a permanently bi-strated society without even the illusion of social mobility and democracy we have nowadays?
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1. krapp ◴[09 May 25 15:02 UTC] No.43937564[source]▶
Who is "we?"

The people making the decisions to replace their workforce with AI and automation are doing so to maximize their profits, not to improve society or the quality of any life but their own.

Assuming you aren't a member of the capitalist class, and thus complicit, you don't have a say in the matter. They aren't putting the future they're implementing up to a vote. They don't care if you want it. They don't care if you die in the street like a dog.