Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs with Robots
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Amazon plans to replace over half a million jobs with robots, sparking concerns about the impact of automation on employment, with commenters discussing the broader implications of such technological advancements.
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3 months ago
https://archive.ph/XwLPl
gnabgib
3 months ago
Big discussion 11 hours ago (65 points, 118 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45655179
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