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Amazon's Vulcan Robots Now Stow Items Faster Than Humans

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209 points Luc | 3 comments | 09 May 25 11:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.592s | 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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1. MangoCoffee ◴[09 May 25 19:53 UTC] No.43940363[source]▶
New types of jobs are created every year. When I was young, there was no such thing as streaming video games and getting paid for it. Now, young kids and adults are making bank by playing video games and letting the whole world watch
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2. pixelready ◴[09 May 25 21:05 UTC] No.43940860[source]▶
I’m all for creative disruption, but what worries me is when I see a pattern of stable employment being displaced by algorithmically mediated gig work and viral entertainer lotto tickets. This is a dangerous trend in general, but the US is especially poorly positioned because of its lack of strong safety nets. When the foundation of your economy is hollowed out to make it ever more top-heavy, you’re destined for collapse.
3. wqaatwt ◴[10 May 25 07:06 UTC] No.43943771[source]▶
> Now, young kids and adults are making bank

For every person who makes any meaningful amount of money doing that you need many 1000s of viewers consuming their content. So it’s not exactly sustainable as a career option for any besides a tiny handful of people in any meaningful way..

Also consumer has a limited amount of time to consume content in any given day so to some extent it’s zero-sum.