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Re:Amazon Grows to over 750k Robots, Replacing 100k Humans by ed_balls on Sunday April 21, 2024 @08:40AM (#40105282)
It would in places where robot owners care about. To avoid social unrest they will be forced to pay for UBI.

The two remaining problems would be:

- purpose and identity.

- places like Bangladesh where industries like textile will disappear.

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Re:Amazon Grows to over 750k Robots, Replacing 100k Humans by int_19h on Monday April 22, 2024 @05:14AM (#40112626)
They certainly talk about UBI a lot, but somehow it never materializes. What does materialize, however, is tax cuts on corporations.

Perhaps they believe that you can automate policing as well, at least enough so that social unrest can be suppressed effectively?

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