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Amazon's Vulcan Robots Now Stow Items Faster Than Humans

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209 points Luc | 2 comments | 09 May 25 11:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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bluGill ◴[09 May 25 13:26 UTC] No.43936485[source]▶
Luddites were asking that question long before socialism was a thing. However we now have more people than ever working, and standard of living is higher. I'm not worried.
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1. seadan83 ◴[09 May 25 17:05 UTC] No.43938996[source]▶
Not a question of luddites. Example, coal in the US became heavily automated - the workers did not all just find new jobs. Industry shifts don't mean the old workers become the new workers. People do get left behind, and potentially en masse.
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2. pixl97 ◴[09 May 25 20:38 UTC] No.43940663[source]▶
I mean the great depression is a good example too. Stuff can fall apart much faster than you can retrain and that economies can find new work.