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“In manual fulfillment centres, Jane would walk around the warehouse. That would be tiring—she could easily do 15 or 16 km per day, often more—but at least she would see people,” the report states. “In a robotic fulfillment centre, associates in pick work at fixed stations, with just the robots for company.”

I remember someone on Lemmy linking to a story about how AI effectively isolated workers from their colleagues in order to be "efficient". Now, I see it as a way to break solidarity between workers.

amazon? being anti union? what a shocker

“It tells you exactly what to do. Like, It told me to get four new bags from the rack. When I did that it told me to go to trash can #1. Once I got there it told me to open the cabinet and pull out the trash can. Once I did that it told me to check the floor for any debris. Then it told me to tie up the bag and put it to the side, on the left. Then it told me to put a new bag in the can. Then it told me to attach the bag to the rim. Then it told me to put the can back in and close the cabinet. Then it told me to wipe down the cabinet and make sure it’s spotless. Then it told me to push the help button on the can to make sure it is working. Then it told me to move to trash can #2. Like that.”

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People should seriously stop buying shit from corporations. There are so many small business that will love to have you as customer. Amazon became a headless mechanic monater with no control at all .

Pretty soon they'll just need a handful of robot technicians.