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Is robotics a blessing or a curse for the workforce? What doesn’t work: 1. Believing automation only "steals" jobs. 2. Ignoring the real labor shortages. 3. Overlooking unsafe, repetitive tasks humans are forced to do. What does work: > Solving highly repetitive and ergonomically harmful jobs. > Tackling labor... show more

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Mushroom picking robots! 🍄‍🟫 A Canadian ag-tech startup, Mycionics, has built a robotic system that aims to bring more innovation into mushroom harvesting. 🇨🇦 Their setup uses dual-arm gantry robots, machine vision, and soft-grip tools to pick mushrooms. The system doesn't replace humans entirely, but works collaboratively, handling repetitive tasks like picking, packing, and sorting, while also scanning each mushroom for real-time analytics. It integrates with existing farm setups and scales easily. Already rolling out in North America, with European expansion underway. By improving consistency and boosting yields up to 8%, Mycionics tackles labor shortages and food safety—showing how robotics can elevate even the most delicate, niche farming tasks. Mushrooms, be ready, robots are coming for ya! 🍄

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BREAKING: Jeff Bezos just flipped the AI jobs narrative completely. "I think what's actually going to happen is we're going to have labor scarcity." Not mass unemployment. Labor shortage. "The people saying AI kills jobs are wrong." His reasoning: AI drives productivity. Productivity raises living standards. Higher living standards mean people choose to work less. Not because they're fired. Because they can afford not to. "The iPhone doesn't get reserved for just a few people. It's not how it works." Two of the most successful entrepreneurs in history. Bezos and Musk. Both saying the same thing. AI creates abundance. Not scarcity. The pessimists are loud. The builders are busy.

BREAKING: Jeff Bezos just flipped the AI jobs narrative completely. "I think what's actually going to happen is we're going to have labor scarcity." Not mass unemployment. Labor shortage. "The people saying AI kills jobs are wrong." His reasoning: AI drives productivity. Productivity raises living standards. Higher living standards mean people choose to work less. Not because they're fired. Because they can afford not to. "The iPhone doesn't get reserved for just a few people. It's not how it works." Two of the most successful entrepreneurs in history. Bezos and Musk. Both saying the same thing. AI creates abundance. Not scarcity. The pessimists are loud. The builders are busy.

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The End of "Work": US Schools & Learned Obscelence, Why Value Creation Is the Only Survival Strategy In this video, we break down the Job Apocalypse from a first-principles perspective. Traditional education and corporate training have prepared us for repetitive tasks, rote memorization, and circular thought—the exact domains where Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI agents now exceed human performance. Why AI wins the "Job" game: Economics: Faster, cheaper, and infinitely scalable. Risk Mitigation: No sick days, no fatigue, and zero discriminatory lawsuits. Performance: AI doesn't just do the task; it evolves the process. The Contrarian Pivot: Value Creation over Labor Staying relevant isn't about working harder; it's about disruption mapping. If you are doing a job an LLM can do, your goal should be to figure out how to automate yourself out of that position. By "obsolescing" yourself, you move from being a cog in the machine to owning the infrastructure that replaces it. In this video, we discuss: The transition from repetitive labor to Value Creation. Why the "Windshield vs. Rearview" mindset is the difference between winners and losers. How to position yourself as the "funnel" for value distribution in the age of AI. Key Takeaway Stop thinking about who you can work for and start thinking about how you can create value for yourself and your family. The economy is retooling. Are you?

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AMAZON’S NEW ROBOT “FEELS” — AND IT’S CHANGING WHAT HUMAN WORK LOOKS LIKE Meet Vulcan, Amazon’s latest warehouse bot that can “feel” what it picks up—grabbing high and low shelves, climbing ladders, and handling the repetitive strain stuff that usually sends people to physical therapy. Amazon says robots now touch 75% of customer orders—and they’re training warehouse staff to become robot techs, floor monitors, and reliability engineers. Not just new roles—new job categories. No, it’s not a 1:1 swap: not everyone wants to be a robot whisperer. But the idea that warehouse jobs are locked into the same routine forever? Also gone. Think of it like the PC revolution: the shift from manual labor to managing machines. Not less work—just different work. This isn’t a Competition between men and machines. It’s about learning to work smarter with them. Source: Amazon / TechCrunch

AMAZON’S NEW ROBOT “FEELS” — AND IT’S CHANGING WHAT HUMAN WORK LOOKS LIKE Meet Vulcan, Amazon’s latest warehouse bot that can “feel” what it picks up—grabbing high and low shelves, climbing ladders, and handling the repetitive strain stuff that usually sends people to physical therapy. Amazon says robots now touch 75% of customer orders—and they’re training warehouse staff to become robot techs, floor monitors, and reliability engineers. Not just new roles—new job categories. No, it’s not a 1:1 swap: not everyone wants to be a robot whisperer. But the idea that warehouse jobs are locked into the same routine forever? Also gone. Think of it like the PC revolution: the shift from manual labor to managing machines. Not less work—just different work. This isn’t a Competition between men and machines. It’s about learning to work smarter with them. Source: Amazon / TechCrunch

Mario Nawfal

372,533 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

What do you do for a living today? AI and intelligent robots will increasingly take over many tasks from humans. And they will do it better, faster and cheaper. Yes, yours too. Many people will work much less or not at all in normal jobs. And earn less or even nothing. What will you live on then? And how will our companies survive when their customers don't have the money to buy their products and services? This is the key question for your financial future! We will take a look at three scenarios for the future of our life and the economy. If AI and robots work for us on a large scale, our future could be great. However, it could also turn out quite differently. We could also wake up in a horror scenario. Because we have a huge and catastrophic flaw in our economic system that could lead to disaster in a world of AI and robotics. Correcting this mistake is the biggest challenge. What the flaw is and how we can fix it, you'll learn in this video.

What do you do for a living today? AI and intelligent robots will increasingly take over many tasks from humans. And they will do it better, faster and cheaper. Yes, yours too. Many people will work much less or not at all in normal jobs. And earn less or even nothing. What will you live on then? And how will our companies survive when their customers don't have the money to buy their products and services? This is the key question for your financial future! We will take a look at three scenarios for the future of our life and the economy. If AI and robots work for us on a large scale, our future could be great. However, it could also turn out quite differently. We could also wake up in a horror scenario. Because we have a huge and catastrophic flaw in our economic system that could lead to disaster in a world of AI and robotics. Correcting this mistake is the biggest challenge. What the flaw is and how we can fix it, you'll learn in this video.

Dr Pero Micic

12,010,196 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Dr. Mike Israetel on the economic fallacy he says explains why AI won't cause mass unemployment: "Once we have 4 billion robots doing labor in the world, which we're like orders of magnitude off of that currently, then we've just only doubled the human workforce." "From 1700 to today, we've 10 or 20x'd the human labor force. And, seemingly, the economy's not like, ah, we don't need any more people, that's enough. We could just consistently have better jobs and pay people even more money." "This idea that robots are gonna show up and all of a sudden we're all completely unemployed makes a technical fallacy in economics called lump of labor fallacy. It's the idea that all the jobs currently are the only jobs that could be." "Imagine in 1750, you're like, well, 98% of us work in farming, and then you come back from the future and you're like, you guys, 2% of people in the 1990s work in farming. It'd be like, so everyone's starving to death? Like, no, no, we're super fat, actually." Dr. Mike Israetel

Dr. Mike Israetel on the economic fallacy he says explains why AI won't cause mass unemployment: "Once we have 4 billion robots doing labor in the world, which we're like orders of magnitude off of that currently, then we've just only doubled the human workforce." "From 1700 to today, we've 10 or 20x'd the human labor force. And, seemingly, the economy's not like, ah, we don't need any more people, that's enough. We could just consistently have better jobs and pay people even more money." "This idea that robots are gonna show up and all of a sudden we're all completely unemployed makes a technical fallacy in economics called lump of labor fallacy. It's the idea that all the jobs currently are the only jobs that could be." "Imagine in 1750, you're like, well, 98% of us work in farming, and then you come back from the future and you're like, you guys, 2% of people in the 1990s work in farming. It'd be like, so everyone's starving to death? Like, no, no, we're super fat, actually." Dr. Mike Israetel

MTS

1,073,684 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

Amazon to lay off 600,000? There’s been a lot of noise floating around about Amazon laying off 75% of its workforce. On the surface, it looks like a baseless rumor. But after digging past the initial chatbot denials, the truth is, as usual, more complex and more significant. The “75% layoff” rumor stems from a leaked internal document, reportedly from Amazon’s robotics division. And no, they aren’t planning to lay off 75% of their entire workforce tomorrow. The reality, however, is a clear, data-driven strategy to aggressively automate the company at every level, from the warehouse floor to the corporate office. These leaks are a rare, honest glimpse behind the corporate curtain. They confirm what many of us have been saying for a long time: the story you hear publicly is not what is being discussed behind closed doors. Here’s a breakdown of what the leaked strategy reveals. The “Damage Control” Memo: What the Leak Reveals The 75% figure isn’t about people but processes. The Amazon robotics team is reportedly working toward a goal of automating 75% of the company’s operational processes. This goal is supported by several other staggering numbers: 160,000 Warehouse Roles Cut: The plan aims to eliminate 160,000 warehouse roles by 2027. 600,000 Avoided Hires: Perhaps more significant is the goal to avoid hiring 600,000 new workers by 2033. This will be achieved through attrition, hiring freezes, and replacing human-centric processes with automation. 30,000 Corporate Jobs: This isn’t just about blue-collar roles. The CEO, Andy Jassy, has been explicit that generative AI is expected to reduce the corporate workforce. The current round is targeting ~30,000 jobs in divisions like HR and PXT (People, eXperience, and Technology—Amazon’s HR wing). This isn’t a new direction for Amazon, which already operates over a million robots. But those are mostly “oversized Roombas” shuffling bins in highly controlled environments. A Quick History Lesson: Robotic automation in controlled environments is decades old. I remember seeing a robotic arm in a data center in the early 90s that managed a tape library. It was adapted from a car assembly line, safely in a cage, just picking up and putting down standardized tapes. What we’re seeing now is the next leap: automation moving into dynamic, complex, and administrative tasks. The new plan is about expanding automation’s capability, driven by modern AI and robotics that can handle tasks previously reserved for humans. By 2033, AI will be orders of magnitude more capable, and we will likely have millions of humanoid robots. Amazon is building the foundation for that future today. Follow the Money: $12.6 Billion in Savings Why the aggressive push? The financial incentive is massive. The leaked report estimates these automation efforts will save the company $12.6 billion in labor costs by 2027 alone. This breaks down to an average saving of 30 cents per item shipped. When you’re a company that ships billions of items, that 30 cents isn’t just a rounding error—it’s the entire financial motive. This is the cold, hard math of post-labor economics. Human capital is expensive. Automation, once the capital expenditure is paid, is not. How to Talk About Automation (Without Talking About It) One of the most telling parts of the leak is the section on public relations and messaging. The strategy reportedly included language advising staff to avoid terms like “automation” and “AI.” Instead, they were encouraged to use softer terms like “advanced technology” and “cobots” to suggest partnership instead of replacement. This is a classic corporate messaging strategy. It’s unpopular with employees and consumers to talk about replacing jobs. The only people who love to hear it are on Wall Street, where stock prices jump on news of layoffs because it signals lower operating costs. The other pillar of this PR strategy is to focus on “upskilling.” Amazon’s public defense consistently highlights its programs to upskill employees for higher-paying positions in robotics maintenance and engineering. The problem, as critics note, is that the number of new technical roles created is minimal compared to the hundreds of thousands of lower-skilled jobs being eliminated or avoided. This is the exact dynamic of a heavily automated economy: yes, new job categories are created, but they are far smaller and require a skill set that most of the displaced workforce does not have. The AI Red Pill vs. The AI Blue Pill As a society, we are not having an honest conversation about this transition. The Overton window is broken. Your average citizen either: Doesn’t believe AI and robotics can really take all the jobs. Believes it, but thinks the solutions are impossible and that imagining a better future is futile. I refuse to accept either position. This is the choice I call the AI Red Pill versus the AI Blue Pill. The Blue Pill comes in many forms: “AI is going to kill everyone.” “AI is just a stupid fad.” “The future is techno-feudalism, and you will own nothing and be happy.” The Red Pill is waking up to reality: Yes, hyper-abundance of cognition is coming. Yes, superintelligence is coming. Yes, humanoid robots that are better, faster, cheaper, and safer than humans are coming. And guess what? It’s going to be glorious for humanity. It will be a future where, instead of having to work to survive, any work you do is out of pure joy. This requires a critical distinction: Work: Anything that requires effort (climbing a mountain, running a marathon, growing a garden). Labor: Work that you get paid for. We are headed for a post-labor economy, not a post-work one. The labor is what’s being automated. This Amazon leak is just one more piece of evidence. This hyper-abundant future isn’t a foregone conclusion, and it won’t be easy. But there is a “golden path” to a future where work becomes optional. The first step on that path is to have the honest, clear-eyed conversation that corporations are trying so hard to avoid.

Amazon to lay off 600,000? There’s been a lot of noise floating around about Amazon laying off 75% of its workforce. On the surface, it looks like a baseless rumor. But after digging past the initial chatbot denials, the truth is, as usual, more complex and more significant. The “75% layoff” rumor stems from a leaked internal document, reportedly from Amazon’s robotics division. And no, they aren’t planning to lay off 75% of their entire workforce tomorrow. The reality, however, is a clear, data-driven strategy to aggressively automate the company at every level, from the warehouse floor to the corporate office. These leaks are a rare, honest glimpse behind the corporate curtain. They confirm what many of us have been saying for a long time: the story you hear publicly is not what is being discussed behind closed doors. Here’s a breakdown of what the leaked strategy reveals. The “Damage Control” Memo: What the Leak Reveals The 75% figure isn’t about people but processes. The Amazon robotics team is reportedly working toward a goal of automating 75% of the company’s operational processes. This goal is supported by several other staggering numbers: 160,000 Warehouse Roles Cut: The plan aims to eliminate 160,000 warehouse roles by 2027. 600,000 Avoided Hires: Perhaps more significant is the goal to avoid hiring 600,000 new workers by 2033. This will be achieved through attrition, hiring freezes, and replacing human-centric processes with automation. 30,000 Corporate Jobs: This isn’t just about blue-collar roles. The CEO, Andy Jassy, has been explicit that generative AI is expected to reduce the corporate workforce. The current round is targeting ~30,000 jobs in divisions like HR and PXT (People, eXperience, and Technology—Amazon’s HR wing). This isn’t a new direction for Amazon, which already operates over a million robots. But those are mostly “oversized Roombas” shuffling bins in highly controlled environments. A Quick History Lesson: Robotic automation in controlled environments is decades old. I remember seeing a robotic arm in a data center in the early 90s that managed a tape library. It was adapted from a car assembly line, safely in a cage, just picking up and putting down standardized tapes. What we’re seeing now is the next leap: automation moving into dynamic, complex, and administrative tasks. The new plan is about expanding automation’s capability, driven by modern AI and robotics that can handle tasks previously reserved for humans. By 2033, AI will be orders of magnitude more capable, and we will likely have millions of humanoid robots. Amazon is building the foundation for that future today. Follow the Money: $12.6 Billion in Savings Why the aggressive push? The financial incentive is massive. The leaked report estimates these automation efforts will save the company $12.6 billion in labor costs by 2027 alone. This breaks down to an average saving of 30 cents per item shipped. When you’re a company that ships billions of items, that 30 cents isn’t just a rounding error—it’s the entire financial motive. This is the cold, hard math of post-labor economics. Human capital is expensive. Automation, once the capital expenditure is paid, is not. How to Talk About Automation (Without Talking About It) One of the most telling parts of the leak is the section on public relations and messaging. The strategy reportedly included language advising staff to avoid terms like “automation” and “AI.” Instead, they were encouraged to use softer terms like “advanced technology” and “cobots” to suggest partnership instead of replacement. This is a classic corporate messaging strategy. It’s unpopular with employees and consumers to talk about replacing jobs. The only people who love to hear it are on Wall Street, where stock prices jump on news of layoffs because it signals lower operating costs. The other pillar of this PR strategy is to focus on “upskilling.” Amazon’s public defense consistently highlights its programs to upskill employees for higher-paying positions in robotics maintenance and engineering. The problem, as critics note, is that the number of new technical roles created is minimal compared to the hundreds of thousands of lower-skilled jobs being eliminated or avoided. This is the exact dynamic of a heavily automated economy: yes, new job categories are created, but they are far smaller and require a skill set that most of the displaced workforce does not have. The AI Red Pill vs. The AI Blue Pill As a society, we are not having an honest conversation about this transition. The Overton window is broken. Your average citizen either: Doesn’t believe AI and robotics can really take all the jobs. Believes it, but thinks the solutions are impossible and that imagining a better future is futile. I refuse to accept either position. This is the choice I call the AI Red Pill versus the AI Blue Pill. The Blue Pill comes in many forms: “AI is going to kill everyone.” “AI is just a stupid fad.” “The future is techno-feudalism, and you will own nothing and be happy.” The Red Pill is waking up to reality: Yes, hyper-abundance of cognition is coming. Yes, superintelligence is coming. Yes, humanoid robots that are better, faster, cheaper, and safer than humans are coming. And guess what? It’s going to be glorious for humanity. It will be a future where, instead of having to work to survive, any work you do is out of pure joy. This requires a critical distinction: Work: Anything that requires effort (climbing a mountain, running a marathon, growing a garden). Labor: Work that you get paid for. We are headed for a post-labor economy, not a post-work one. The labor is what’s being automated. This Amazon leak is just one more piece of evidence. This hyper-abundant future isn’t a foregone conclusion, and it won’t be easy. But there is a “golden path” to a future where work becomes optional. The first step on that path is to have the honest, clear-eyed conversation that corporations are trying so hard to avoid.

David Shapiro ⏩

17,683 Aufrufe • vor 9 Monaten