As tech giants continue to funnel money into AI development, headlines focus on how the emerging technology could eventually supplant workers across an array of industries. Whether or not that comes to fruition, workers face a more imminent threat: job loss due to robotic automation.
Last week, The New York Times reported on management interviews and leaked internal documents from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) that show the company is actively pursuing a plan that would result in robots replacing as many as 600,000 jobs, essentially automating warehouse operations and nullifying the need for humans to conduct those tasks.
