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Even the Chinese will be obliterated by robots (Foxconn)
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The Godfather
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Nov 3, 2011, 12:07 PM
 
Foxconn: Robots don’t complain | The Economist
Foxconn, China's largest employer, says with a straight face "We'll move our [1 million] employees higher up the chain into research".
Manual labor would be limited to maintaining and programming these robots. No other way.

To think that Steve started it all with its futuristic Next factory.

I guess that Psychology degree will do some good, as there will be some rampant depression in the decade starting next year.
     
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