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Amazon trials humanoid robots to 'free up' staff (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A union said Amazon had "been treating their workers like robots for years".

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, not a new idea. It's been done before to horrific consequences, but we're leaning back towards it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh yea I know it, had it worded as 'company megacity' at one point but didn't want to sound anti-city.

That and even if they don't own the city, it can be a detriment especially looking at new technological ways they could control workers even without physical isolation. And I'm sure they could use this power to exploit a greater number of people, too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Unless laws get put in place, Amazon can buy towns right now. It's a fact.