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Tell that to phone operators, textile manufacturers, cashiers. 100% automated mcdicks, vehicle plants. It's already happened, is happening, and since the displaced are powerless and the soon-to-be-displaced are ignorant, will continue to happen.
Lick my rusty, greasy taint, amazon, and since catharsis is so cheap: damn the horse you rode in on, too.
Hay now, hold your horses. You may be champing at the bit to say the Amazon exec is full of horseshit. But get off your high horse and don't talk about the horse. The exec is a naysayer, but the horse is a neighsayer. They are not the same.
I used to work in an automotive plant. The automation generally isn't to reduce headcount. It's to increase capacity. The existing employees can be used more efficiently. I'm sure it's been used to reduce head count but I'd wager that it's rare.
You know what I find funny? Workers have been talking about automation since the industrial revolution and it's been largely dismissed every time. Now that AI is threatening white collar jobs, it's a real issue that needs addressing.