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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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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. rajnathani ◴[10 May 25 08:10 UTC] No.43944006[source]▶
CPG food and beverage companies rely hugely on automation (source: see YouTube factory videos on anything packaged food related). I was told by my automation consultant that Heineken runs an entirely “dark factory” with no human labor (at least in-line).

Automation helps reduce product costs and improves standard-of-living, and sort of then directly boosts investments/jobs in other sectors.