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Walmart Running Into Trouble as Its Super-Expensive Robots Can’t Handle the Realities of Warehouse Work: It's an automation "arms race." (futurism.com)
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[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As a forklift monkey: I hate my job and feel that humans weren’t meant for this monotonous kind of work. Like boomers who screwed in one nut on an assembly line who made enough to provide a family of 4, I’d blow my brains out before I’d do that. So fuck these jobs.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 day ago

Yeah, the problem isn't automation, it's billionaires pocketing all of the proceeds.