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re: Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots
Posted on 10/22/25 at 12:05 pm to Penrod
Posted on 10/22/25 at 12:05 pm to Penrod
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The same thing that happened to the average guy who made his living manufacturing buggy whips or picking cotton. The argument that we will be worse because innovation is eliminating jobs has been made dozens of times in the past 150 years since the industrial revolution began. People who have taken that position have lost every single argument.
That fact that you don't see how this is different is shocking.
You aren't following this very closely if you think this is even remotely similar.
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Posted on 10/22/25 at 12:43 pm to wadewilson
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(to put in the pockets of a few people at the very top
The shareholders. Investors. You and me with 401k invested in mutual funds that hold Amazon stock.
Envy is one of the 7 deadly sins on equal footing with greed.
This post was edited on 10/22/25 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 10/22/25 at 12:45 pm to Tiger985
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That fact that you don't see how this is different is shocking.
You aren't following this very closely if you think this is even remotely similar.
I'm waiting. How is this different than every other technological advancement making human labor obsolete? The same cycle has been happening over and over since the industrial revolution began. Some skillsets become obsolete, demand for new skillsets appear. You think car mechanics or tire technicians were a necessity when people road horses?
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:05 pm to Tiger985
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That fact that you don't see how this is different is shocking.
They were all "different". How do you think this is different?
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:52 pm to RLDSC FAN
quote:Amzn introduces the Blue Jay robot. CNBC
Blue Jay combines “what used to be three separate robotic stations into one streamlined workplace that can pick, sort, and consolidate in a single place,” Amazon said in a blog.
The robotic system’s goal is to assist employees with otherwise strenuous tasks “while creating greater efficiency in less physical space,” the company said.
Amazon is testing Blue Jay at one of its warehouses in South Carolina. So far, the company has observed that the system is able to pick, pack, stow and consolidate “approximately 75% of items we store at our sites.”
Blue Jay joins a growing fleet of robotic machinery being deployed across Amazon’s legions of warehouses. Over the past several years, Amazon has debuted robots capable of handling different tasks, ranging from removing items from shelves to sorting boxes. In May, it debuted “Vulcan,” a robotic system that has a sense of touch.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:57 pm to heatom2
Yeah. Boycotting a business for finding ways to save money and increase profit. Like literally every business does.
Every business can and should cut jobs if they find a cheaper way to do it. It's the responsibility of the person whose job is getting cut to make himself more marketable in the labor force.
Every business can and should cut jobs if they find a cheaper way to do it. It's the responsibility of the person whose job is getting cut to make himself more marketable in the labor force.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 3:08 pm to RLDSC FAN
So corporate America is going to switch to automation.......
Who is going to spend money with their companies if everyone is unemployed?
Who is going to spend money with their companies if everyone is unemployed?
Posted on 10/22/25 at 4:06 pm to RLDSC FAN
No issue with this. All people have done is how much it sucks to work for Amazon. Now, Amazon can move these sucky jobs away from humans to emotionless robots.
Seems like fair trade-off to me
Seems like fair trade-off to me
Posted on 10/22/25 at 4:54 pm to RLDSC FAN
I will never be for taking tons of peoples jobs like that.
There are some areas that mechanical improvements are great but when it becomes a situation where an entire warehouse doesn’t have a need for human jobs, I’m not good with that
There are some areas that mechanical improvements are great but when it becomes a situation where an entire warehouse doesn’t have a need for human jobs, I’m not good with that
Posted on 10/23/25 at 6:06 am to YouKnowImRight
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I'm waiting. How is this different than every other technological advancement making human labor obsolete?
Robotics and AI doesn't just make human labor obsolete.
Eventually, it will make most humans obsolete.
Posted on 10/23/25 at 6:07 am to YouKnowImRight
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The shareholders. Investors. You and me with 401k invested in mutual funds that hold Amazon stock.
Envy is one of the 7 deadly sins on equal footing with greed.
So people that have no physical skin in the game.
Posted on 10/23/25 at 6:39 am to wadewilson
Might as well quote the communist manifesto
Posted on 10/23/25 at 6:52 am to wadewilson
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Eventually, it will make most humans obsolete.
Well, we had a good run...
Posted on 10/23/25 at 7:11 am to The Torch
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racial equality
Why is this a bad thing?
Posted on 10/23/25 at 7:38 am to YStar
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Why is this a bad thing?
It's not if all things are equal but if you are hiring one person over another due to the color of their skin to meet a quota it's wrong.
Get hired on merit.
Posted on 10/23/25 at 7:48 am to YouKnowImRight
Workers actually have skin in the game. Your stock portfolio is just fairy dust.
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:08 am to The Torch
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Robots don't need over priced health insurance, PTO, maternity leave, a raise every year, bathroom breaks, racial equality, DEI.
Or minimum wage
Thanks libs
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:12 am to wadewilson
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Workers actually have skin in the game. Your stock portfolio is just fairy dust.
explain please? because they trade their time for money they have more skin in the game than someone who actually invest in a company?
you realize you are a communist right? seriously
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:19 am to Penrod
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Penrod
wasting your time trying to explain simple economics to people with an obvious IQ under 90, in Wades case, he is just a straight commie...literally.
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:28 am to wadewilson
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Eventually, it will make most humans obsolete.
How? Will robots prevent us from having children? That’s just hysteria.
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