so it begins, next stop skynet
January 28th, 2009So they’ve developed autonomous robots to work in warehouses getting the products to be shipped out. There are so many great things about this. Below there’s a sort of corporate-style vid extolling the virtues of the system…I’ve set it to jump in 4:16 ‘cuz the beginning is boring, and there are so many great bits later on:
The fact that the robots are autonomous, so they’re making decisions as to how best work things out.
The way the guy is giving his interview with robots zipping along behind him.
They way he talks about people wanting to "work WITH" the robots, like they’re already getting personified.
The fact that it’s a great benefit that we’ve reduced the walking people had to do (finally!).
The fact that everyone goes on about the "efficiency" of the system without mentioning that people will lose their jobs to robots. It’s a blast.
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