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Recent news reports that Amazon is planning to not hire about 160,000 U.S. employees by 2027 and can automate hundreds of thousands (~500–600k) of jobs by 2033 by implementing sophisticated robotics and software in its warehouses and logistics network. Amazon contradicts some reports but has officially increased robotics in its business. What types of jobs are threatened Primarily jobs that consist of repetitive manual work in fulfillment and sortation centers, such as: Picking items one by one from shelves or bins. Tote/cart movement of inventory across the warehouse floor. Sorting and singulating packages. Packing and simple box/label operations. Some last-mile operations (tests are available for sidewalk delivery robots / wheeled bots). These are the types of jobs Amazon first automates because they're structured, repetitive and measurable The technologies enablers that facilitate replacement of jobs Mobile drive units / warehouse robots — autonomous platforms that transport shelves or totes to human pickers or robot stations, reducing walking and heavy lifting. Amazon has used large numbers of these for years. Automated pickers and robotic arms — computer vision and suction/grippers mounted on arms that can pick numerous items of varied shapes from messy bins. Recent advances in ML make these accurate at scale. (Academic implementations demonstrate learned pick predictors that send success rates soaring.) Conveyor and sortation automation — more flexible and quicker sorters and vision systems that guide packages without sorting by hand. Sophisticated perception & ML — computer vision, deep learning and pick-success predictors enable robots to manage more types of products and less organized scenarios. Orchestration software / warehouse management systems — cloud/edge software manages thousands of robots, schedules tasks, and maximizes throughput so that fewer human operators are required to oversee. Autonomous delivery prototypes — sidewalk robots and other last-mile robots are not yet there, but are on the roadmap.

The Rise of Machines: How AI Is Replacing Human Jobs Worldwide

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Recent news reports that Amazon is planning to not hire about 160,000 U.S. employees by 2027 and can automate hundreds of thousands (~500–600k) of jobs by 2033 by implementing sophisticated robotics and software in its warehouses and logistics network. Amazon contradicts some reports but has officially increased robotics in its business. What types of jobs…

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The Rise of Machines: How AI Is Replacing Human Jobs Worldwide