Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots'

Re:Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots' by Canada on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @01:03PM (#11771291)

I wonder where the senior lawyers will come from...

[edit] then again, automation of software development tasks held back the software industry at all...

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Re:Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots' by anonred on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @01:15PM (#11771392)

I think you're missing the point. It's not that AI will replace all lawyers, it'll simply shrink the lawyer pool size due to increased productivity per capita.

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Re:Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots' by Canada on Monday May 30, 2016 @01:08PM (#11802150)

Oops. That's the point I meant to make with my edit, but leaving out a word by accident I said the opposite.

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