Pre-robots era: "OMG Apple is so inhuman with their workers in China"
Post-robots era: "OMG Apple is so inhuman by firing people and replacing them with robots"
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Foxconn Set to Deploy Robots to Help Assemble the iPhone
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Pre-robots era: "OMG Apple is so inhuman with their workers in China"
Post-robots era: "OMG Apple is so inhuman by firing people and replacing them with robots"
Trust me.
Obviously, as labor costs have been increasing in China, factories in China need to make some changes, or those factories will all move to other countries (much like how American manufacturing moved overseas when our own labor costs increased). The choice was always between these Chinese workers having low wage jobs, and having no jobs, not between low wage jobs and high wage jobs.
This was inevitable. Robots will take over all low-skill jobs in every industry, eventually. The factories will no longer be in places with the cheapest labor, they'll be in places with the cheapest energy costs to run those robots, and where the base materials used to build these devices can be shipped to the cheapest.
This was inevitable. Robots will take over all low-skill jobs in every industry, eventually. The factories will no longer be in places with the cheapest labor, they'll be in places with the cheapest energy costs to run those robots, and where the base materials used to build these devices can be shipped to the cheapest.
Oh yes, as long as you get your shiny new toy a bit quicker. Sod the workers who now don't get paid.
Probably the case, but won't happen on a mass scale for years, if not decades. I could see robots taking over for certain processes at certain factories, but not for the majority of workz
Pretty sure it's going to be exactly like Bladerunner, and you have to kill off/retire the robot before it find out about itself.
Oh yes, as long as you get your shiny new toy a bit quicker. Sod the workers who now don't get paid.
Look for the positive not the negative!
Like I said, it's inevitable. If your job can be automated eventually it will be automated. Maybe not this year, or the next year, but soon. It's something to keep in mind as you plan your career
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Easy to be positive when you don't have to worry about a job to support yourself...and perhaps a family.
See how cheerful and positive you find it then.
... hence china will be the place where the most people who know how to service these robots live. less then the number of robots and jobs being replaced but certianly scaling upward as worldwide demand for fancy electronics scales with these new higher level employees wanting these devices instead of actually building them. in the future the center of manufacturing will reflect the locale with the least restrictive environmental regulations and business and export taxes.
"each robot will be able to assemble an average of 30,000 devices"
During what period of time?
Is that 300,000 smartphones per day?
Is that 300,000 smartphones per week?
Is that 300,000 smartphones per year?
Is that 300,000 smartphones per lifetime of each robot?
During what period of time?
Is that 300,000 smartphones per day?
Is that 300,000 smartphones per week?
Is that 300,000 smartphones per year?
Is that 300,000 smartphones per lifetime of each robot?
Both statements are true. The answer is to pay workers a proper wage, not to fire them, not to make them work extended hours for little pay.
Chinese factories will need to hire people to fix, setup and upgrade the robots.
I remember awhile back this was suppose to happen sooner however the Chinese government slowed things down in fear of economic problems but one can't stop technological unemployment.
Here you go....
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Oh yes, as long as you get your shiny new toy a bit quicker. Sod the workers who now don't get paid.
Done. Just as predicted.
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Like I said, it's inevitable. If your job can be automated eventually it will be automated. Maybe not this year, or the next year, but soon. It's something to keep in mind as you plan your career
Good point.
Mark Twain wasn't a tool.
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Wow. Could you be more tasteless?
In before someone in your family commits suicide.
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One might assume 30,000 iPhone 6's period. I don't think that 25,000 robots are going to be assembling a total of 75 million iPhones per day. And since humans will be doing the rest....
Sometimes a little common sense precludes very silly questions.
