Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots

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Zkuq said:

ohmylanta1003 said:

The problem is that we keep on saying that these people are being replaced by robots. For some reason, the word robot scares people. What we really mean to say is that these workers jobs are being automated. We've been automating monotonous processes for literally centuries. Why stop now? Why would people or the government want to stop this progression? Why would we fight this?

They are being replaced by robots in a lot of cases. You can try to sugarcoat it, but in the end, people are being replaced by robots. And I don't think it's a bad thing in the long run, even though it'll be quite painful in the short run.

Oh. I totally agree. In the long run, it's a great thing. I just think it's weird that we pretend these humans are being replaced by robots. I'm certain many of the people in this world think these robots are very human like. They aren't though. They're just machines. Built to do one thing.