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Re: Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots'
It is an inevitability for manufacturing, but the technology isn't there yet for most other industries. Even if the technology improves enough to do things beyond mundane repetitive tasks, it will be cost prohibitive for many years and take even longer for people to trust it enough to replace a workforce.
Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots'
I've been saying for quite awhile now that we need to start thinking about what to do when companies start ditching humans in favor of automation. Particularly with the advances in robotics more and more companies are going to go automated. So does anyone really believe anymore that this isn't going to happen? What do you think needs done to handle this situation?
It is an inevitability for manufacturing, but the technology isn't there yet for most other industries. Even if the technology improves enough to do things beyond mundane repetitive tasks, it will be cost prohibitive for many years and take even longer for people to trust it enough to replace a workforce.
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