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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: 0.482s | source
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thisisnotauser ◴[09 May 25 16:14 UTC] No.43938444[source]▶
Henry Ford famously wanted his workers to be able to afford his cars. When Bezos replaces everyone with robots, who will be left to buy his junk?
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rendang ◴[09 May 25 18:34 UTC] No.43939764[source]▶
We're more automated than we've ever been & unemployment is close to all-time lows. Why don't you get back to us with this when it's at least 6 or 7 percent...
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1. antisthenes ◴[09 May 25 18:37 UTC] No.43939784[source]▶
Are you somehow connecting low unemployment with high purchasing power by your median worker through a bunch of logical hoops?
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2. rendang ◴[09 May 25 19:54 UTC] No.43940377[source]▶
Inflation-adjusted wages are at all time highs at the top.

Inflation-adjusted wages are at all time highs in the middle.

Inflation-adjusted wages are at all time highs at the bottom.

https://data.epi.org/wages/hourly_wage_percentiles/line/year...