eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWalmart Running Into Trouble as Its Super-Expensive Robots Can’t Handle the Realities of Warehouse Work: It's an automation "arms race."futurism.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down17
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minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52arrow-down1·1 day ago unskilled warehouse workers. It’s ironic to call them unskilled in an article describing how their skills are beyond billion-dollar robots.
minus-squareFunkt4st1c@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down5·1 day ago“Unskilled” meaning you can teach someone to do the job reasonably well off the street in a few hours. Unfortunately robots are not humans and thus need to be meticulously designed while a guy just needs a decent paycheck and benefits.
It’s ironic to call them unskilled in an article describing how their skills are beyond billion-dollar robots.
“Unskilled” meaning you can teach someone to do the job reasonably well off the street in a few hours. Unfortunately robots are not humans and thus need to be meticulously designed while a guy just needs a decent paycheck and benefits.