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Have to admit, this kind of surprised me.
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Posted from msn.com
Economics
Productivity
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Posted >1 y ago
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I'm reminded of a somewhat pithy remark I'd read once in a novel, 'Juan technology changes human morality," you know?
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Sort of what I felt at first, but when you look back at how long robots have been on assembly lines you have to wonder.
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MCPO Roger Collins
This is a bit long, but indicates where Amazon is heading, along with other large warehouse operations. And Wendies ordered a bunch of automated kiosks to replace front end employee costs, jury out on that one.
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MCPO Roger Collins
Automated warehousing systems at Amazon – Technology and Operations Management
In the last decade, Amazon has grown to be the largest online retailer. A large part of Amazon’s success is its ability to build out one of the world’s most sophisticated supply chain. Specifically, it has built out a very sophisticated and increasingly automated warehousing system. [1]
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Is it because robots don't contribute to productivity or because economists haven't yet figured out how to measure their effectiveness?
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Probably a little of both. One thing about productivity statistics is they look at widgets coming out the door, doesn't matter who or what made that widget.
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