Why American Workers Need to Be Protected From Automation
9/30/19
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by Bill DeBlasio,
from WIRED,
9/5/19:
They call it the “lights out factory.” A manufacturing complex run by the Japanese company FANUC, it spans 22 facilities producing 23,000 computer parts each month for companies like Tesla and Apple. The plant runs close to 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
The complex seems to run so smoothly, it might take a moment to realize that something’s missing: human workers.
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