Amazon verfügt bereits über mehr als eine Million Roboter, die rund um die Uhr in seinen Lagern arbeiten, und baut neue Fabriken auf, um immer leistungsfähigere Roboterarbeiter hervorzubringen.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/inside-amazons-robotic-arms-race-and-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-human-work
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Amazon already runs more than a million robots in warehouses. They claim it takes the hard physical work off humans but the robots are right next to them dictating pace. Labor folks worry thats not great long term.
Theyre making factories to build even more. Humans still needed but the job feels different already.
Bezos already told us he plans on only paying for 3 day work weeks for his human employees…
This would be how.
Back to boycotting Amazon.
The cheap prices were somewhat enticing so I went back after not using it for a decade. It’s convenient but at what cost socially..?
robots have been used in industry for decades, unless these are humanoid then what’s the story?
Didn’t think it would be happening this quickly. Once warehousing work goes that’s a major nail in the coffin for millions of people worldwide.
kinda scary how fast this is accelerating, together with Grok and Muse, which will probably annihilate outsourcing industry in the 3rd world
I live not that far from an amazon warehouse, the local media loves to make a bit show of the „2000“jobs that are created over Christmas. Whilst I am not totally sold on the figure, for the sake of this discussion I will take it as fact.
Just wait till Amazon opens a new warehouse and the media trys to call the 10 jobs created „amazing“ and „a boom to local economy“ sometimes followed by „giving hope to job seekers“
Private companies will build factories, the media and local Government will call it a good thing, but what none of them will say is that historically a factory of that size created 5 -10 times more jobs than one today.
I drive truck, I delivered a bunch of wire to a new amazon warehouse they are building in Tremont PA. It’s right next to an existing warehouse, the new one has no lights lol. It’s just for the bots
Explains our recent open envelope with the item missing
As someone who worked in one of those warehouses for an entire four days, I can tell you it’s a good thing it’s automated. I thought I was going to go insane.
They should pay employment taxes for each robot worker.
So, do the robots get a charge break, or do they have to suck a battery on the go? Like how Amazon’s employees have to pee in bottles to meet quotas.
Tax their hours and electricity to support social programs
I see this as an inevitable direction for logistics. Robots excel at repetitive, predictable tasks, while humans still handle exceptions and judgment. The bigger challenge is preparing workers for that transition before the technology makes their existing skills less valuable.