Had a talk with my brother about his new warehouse job and the 'efficiency' bots

He works at a shipping center in Reno and said the robots that move boxes are great, but they track every single second of his break time now. He said it feels less like a tool and more like a boss that never blinks, which made me think about who these systems are really built for. Does anyone else worry that automation is just giving companies a better way to watch us?

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umamartin1mo ago

Wow, @hugoc97, maybe the bots are just training data for our future robot bosses?

hugoc971mo ago

Read an article about that exact thing last week.

ruby4501mo ago

Interesting, @hugoc97. That article must have had a different take than what I've seen. From what I've read, the actual data on that topic seems pretty mixed. My own understanding is a bit different, based on a few other sources. It's one of those things where the facts aren't totally settled yet.