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Amazon's humanoid warehouse robots will eventually cost only $3 per hour to operate. That won't calm workers' fears of being replaced. (www.businessinsider.com)
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Amazon's humanoid warehouse robots will eventually cost only $3 per hour to operate. That won't calm workers' fears of being replaced.::The robot's human-like shape is bound to reignite workers' fears of being replaced, but Amazon says they're designed to "work collaboratively."

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That won't calm workers' fears of being replaced.

no shit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Our robots will cost less than half of minimum wage per hour to run! But don't worry, we definitely won't continue optimizing our profits."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

They'll cost way more than that.

But they'll produce the same work continuously for 24 hours a day, with x hours per month maintenance, and much closer to zero mistakes.

The automotive manufacture industry is a perfect case study. One of the first industries where such robots really made sense and were worth the cost. Especially becuase they removed people from the more dangerous tasks. Another angle I hear people arguing for robots (and makes sense).

They're heavily automated today.