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[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 26 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

I work in the food industry. Our plants have robots. They replaced humans 1 to 1 in areas like pick-n-place: take the food from a conveyor belt and put it inside a packaging. 

They can do that really well, but when you try to put them to taste a product, or to inspect the presentation of the product, or to diagnose why that so well functioning robot is not working properly, they will fail miserably.

A robot will only replace a worker that doesn't need to have a brain to do their work.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

A robot will only replace a worker that doesn't need to have a brain to do their work.

So... Politicians, CEOs, and immigration enforcement are next then?

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 24 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Unironically, a CEO, whose job is basically taking shots at spreadsheets would be a good candidate to be replaced. As well as many of the useless managers that only see numbers, not people, and take decisions based on those (frequently with less than decent results).

[–] Dumbkid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

Yes ai would be perfect for middle management up. Let them vibe code the company can't do any worse than the humans doing it. They dont have to try to move up themselves or make themselves look better so they'll probably make more sane decisions.