• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    2 months 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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      2 months 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 or sue when they get hurt rso that’s an acceptable cost of business.