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Re:I was offered a job at Foxconn to assemble iPhones for $1... by z3t4 on Saturday May 18, 2019 @04:26PM (#19949552)
These workers are basically human robots, but they are not only faster and more accurate then robots, they are much cheaper!
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Re:I was offered a job at Foxconn to assemble iPhones for $1... by jhayward on Saturday May 18, 2019 @04:49PM (#19949635)
> they are not only faster and more accurate then robots, they are much cheaper!

That's why they still hire humans. If the above statement wasn't true, they would be replaced with a robotic system.

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