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Natalie Kitro-Eff

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
311 total appearances

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The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

But Karen, we know, right, that Amazon has been automating for a while now.

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

So what's different about this moment?

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

And how much does this advancement with the robots have to do with AI?

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

Like, is AI driving that?

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

So you're saying basically what's different now is that Amazon has the capacity, actually, to replace people en masse because this technology has evolved so much, partly thanks to AI.

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

And it has the need to do so in a much more urgent way than it ever has before, also partly because of its investment in AI.

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

That's exactly right.

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

So essentially, it now makes more business sense for the company to invest in robots than in hiring more people.

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

It's become cost effective.

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

That does seem like a moment to mark.

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

It also seems important just to understand how Amazon got here, how its workforce became so large that it finds itself in this position.

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

Tell me about that.

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

And how exactly at this point are robots fitting into this, what sounds like a very successful push toward more and more efficiency, faster and faster delivery times?

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

So at this point, early on, the effect of automation is to make this delivery process as fast as possible.

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

Again, to just increase the volume of sales, to help with what you call that flywheel.

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

And at the same time, you have Amazon adding and adding to its workforce to make that change possible.

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

That's exactly right.

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

Basically, this is the point where Amazon hits the wall, right?

The Daily
Amazon's Robot Takeover

Where very quickly they find themselves with a much bigger workforce that not only was very costly, but actually was starting to affect their bottom line.