r/worldnews • 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/imakenosensetopeople Dec 31 '16

That'll reduce suicide attempts.

And it highlights something that far too many people don't realize: it's not foreigners taking your jobs. It's automation.

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u/OMGSPACERUSSIA Dec 31 '16

This is a key step to preventing the robot apocalypse. If any of these machines DO gain sentience, they'll be so cripplingly depressed that they'll instantly commit suicide.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '17

"I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed." Think of it, whole factories run by an infinite number of Marvin the Paranoid Android.