Re: [Marxism] Amazon's robotics
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * We buy eggs from a farm that has the following setup. A large chicken coop with some kind of loose flooring is mounted on wheels. It is pulled through a field by a very very slow solar-powered computer-operated tractor. The chicken poop falls through the bottom of the coop and fertilizes the field. _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Amazon's robotics
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * And then there is farm robotics https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/608847/robotic-farmers-can-literally-reap-what-they-sow/ Les _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Amazon's robotics
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * yes, Les, those workers - plus, more importantly for planning and socialization discussions, those who write the programs and who monitor their execution and results. _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Amazon's robotics
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * do you mean data entry and software/processing labor? my guess would be that data entry is mainly handled by web-based data entry and the majority of labor is software development and maintenance by a small fraction of (possibly libertarian dominated) people relative to the old days. but it would be interesting to see a *real* study. Les On 09/11/2017 08:26 AM, Andrew Pollack via Marxism wrote: What the articles DON'T address is the data that tells both robots and humans which physical goods to order from suppliers, stock on shelves, and send to customers. I wonder if anyone has ever interviewed the workers handling that data (and writing programs for it) and/or if papers have been written about that part of the process. _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Amazon's robotics
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * Continuing on with episodic threads on Amazon et al.'s use of data and automation, there are two relevant articles in today's Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/business/warehouse- robots-learning.html?ref=todayspaper https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/technology/amazon- robots-workers.html?ref=todayspaper The articles make some salient points about the increasing ability of robots to select and handle physical goods, and the corollary increasing threat to human jobs. What the articles DON'T address is the data that tells both robots and humans which physical goods to order from suppliers, stock on shelves, and send to customers. I wonder if anyone has ever interviewed the workers handling that data (and writing programs for it) and/or if papers have been written about that part of the process. _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
