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Amazon to replace 600,000 US workers by 2033 with robots (www.computerworld.com)
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Amazon plans to use automation to replace more than 600,000 workers who would otherwise be hired in the United States by 2033, according to internal documents obtained by The New York Times. By that time, the company is expected to sell about twice as many goods as it does today.

Amazon’s robotics team is reportedly working toward the goal of automating 75% of its entire business. By 2027, it is expected to eliminate around 160,000 jobs in the US, saving the company an estimated $12.6 billion — equivalent to around 30 cents per item delivered.

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[–] ISOmorph@feddit.org 122 points 4 days ago (17 children)

In theory this is awesome. Humans aren't built for menial tasks. All repetitive monotonous tasks should be automated. However, this doesn't fit our current economic system. Obviously all automation needs to be taxed, so that we don't have to live this paradox where each technological advancement is a risk to our livelihood.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 72 points 4 days ago (15 children)

Yeah how exactly do they expect to sell twice as much product to a population that doesn't have jobs/money to buy it.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

Prisons need supplies

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