• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Meanwhile here in Iowa our automated materials towing robots keep dumping shit on the floor, running into sensitive equipment, and injuring people.

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      Enthusiasm for this level of automation is pretty much inversely proportional to having to work on/around it.

      Automation can be great. But the tail of exception cases is very long.

      Lights out automation is the “AGI” of logistics.

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      15 hours ago

      The benefits of cost cutting measures without appropriate investment is because theyre shooting for the buck, not true success. Also you can now be sold v2.

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        Right, it doesn’t matter if automation is less productive if it’s cheaper. Sure, the robots keep causing damage, but they don’t ask for wages.