boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoMercedes is trialing humanoid robots for ‘low skill, repetitive’ taskswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down14
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minus-squareRagdoll X@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down6·edit-29 months agoMercedes also better support UBI so that these workers who will lose their jobs to automation don’t starve to death.
minus-squarelaxe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoGovernments should push UBI, not corporations like Mercedes
minus-squareComet_Tracer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-29 months agoUnless they are forced to care about their workers, they won’t. There is no profitablity to caring about what they see as expenses.
minus-squarelurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 months agoGenerally the idea is those workers will find other work and the production capacity will increase.
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoand for people to be able to actually buy their garbage too.
minus-squareichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·9 months agoThey make realls nice cars to their credit
minus-squareitsnotits@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months ago also had* better support
Mercedes also better support UBI so that these workers who will lose their jobs to automation don’t starve to death.
Governments should push UBI, not corporations like Mercedes
Unless they are forced to care about their workers, they won’t. There is no profitablity to caring about what they see as expenses.
Generally the idea is those workers will find other work and the production capacity will increase.
and for people to be able to actually buy their garbage too.
They make realls nice cars to their credit