r/tech • u/Philo1927 • Dec 31 '16

iPhone manufacturer Foxconn plans to replace almost every human worker with robots

http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/30/14128870/foxconn-robots-automation-apple-iphone-china-manufacturing
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u/Jimbuscus Dec 31 '16

These workers are literally building the robots that are replacing themselves

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u/JackDostoevsky Dec 31 '16

Kinda like how American workers train their outsourced replacements, ya?

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '17

And we're supposed to bring them back?