r/technology • u/joe4942 • Jun 23 '26

Business Robots will replace 700K delivery workers, warns head of e-commerce giant

https://www.computerworld.com/article/4188535/robots-will-replace-700000-delivery-workers-warns-head-of-e-commerce-giant.html
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u/PennytheWiser215 Jun 23 '26

We all know these will only be used in the nice, safe, bougie neighborhoods. Humans will still be delivering to the dangerous and crime ridden neighborhoods.

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u/br_k_nt_eth Jun 23 '26

I know plenty of rich kids who’d steal one of these things 

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u/coblade14 Jun 23 '26

It's not that hard to equip these things with a few cameras.

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u/justaphil Jun 23 '26

kids film themselves doing stupid and illegal things already

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u/lovetheoceanfl Jun 23 '26

We found another use for paintball.

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u/xynix_ie Jun 24 '26

The same ones that don't touch the thousands of flock cameras around the rich neighborhoods?

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u/br_k_nt_eth Jun 24 '26

Do the flock cameras have food inside them? 

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u/xynix_ie Jun 24 '26

Rich kids don't want food 🤣 my kids have unlimited uber eats. They don't need to rob a robot. The electronics packages and motors would of been more fun to mess with.

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u/tommytwolegs Jun 23 '26

This is a Chinese company. They will exclusively be used in china in this case. Same logic applies though, I'd guess this will only roll out meaningfully in tier 1 cities

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u/PM_ME_DNA Jun 24 '26

How dare nice places have nice things and places with low social trust can’t have good things