'Cobots', not Robots to eat 6L

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'Cobots', not Robots to eat 6L Amazon job in US

Machines versus man has long been an issue of concern that even cherished a longstanding debate in Communist ruled nations, states, which, however, has set to send a shock wave soon as robots are warming up to eat 5 Lakh jobs in US alone, soon.

Some intense interactions and a cache of internal strategy documents viewed recently reveal that Amazon executives believe the company is on the cusp of its next big workplace shift: replacing more than half a million jobs with robots, which intensified psychological depression especially among the fancy well off drivers, unfortunately.

Over the past two decades, no company has done more to shape the American workplace than Amazon. In its ascent to become the nation’s second-largest employer, it has hired hundreds of thousands of warehouse workers, built an army of contract drivers, and pioneered using technology to hire, monitor, and manage employees. Amazon’s US workforce has more than tripled since 2018 to almost 1.2 million.

Amazon’s automation team, meanwhile, expects the company can avoid hiring more than 160,000 people in the United States it would otherwise need by 2027. That would save about 30 cents on each item that Amazon picks, packs, and delivers to customers. The company's robotics team aims to secure 75 percent of the job to the handled by the automated machines by 2033.

Executives told Amazon’s board last year that they hoped robotic automation would allow the company to continue to avoid adding to its US work force in the coming years, even though they expect to sell twice as many products by 2033. That would translate to more than 600,000 people whom Amazon didn’t need to hire any longer.

Amazon, as its top officials in New York City hinted, is so convinced with the plan that it has already geared up to prepare the mindset of its 'to be affected' population of franchise transporters.

Some crucial documents contemplate avoiding using terms like “automation” and “A.I.” when discussing robotics, and instead use terms like “advanced technology” or replace the word “robot” with “cobot,” which implies collaboration with humans leading to ambiguity by and large.

Amazon said in a statement that the documents leaked recently were incomplete and did not represent the company’s overall hiring strategy. Kelly Nantel, a spokeswoman for Amazon, said the documents reflected the viewpoint of one group inside the company and noted that Amazon planned to hire 250,000 people for the coming holiday season, though the company declined to say how many of those roles would be permanent.