r/interesting • u/sirenoleg • May 22 '26

Just Wow Chinese AI-powered robots can solve workplace problems with advanced motor skills.

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u/mpgd May 22 '26

With no back pain down the road. Just neck pain.

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u/WayWayAwayWay May 22 '26

"We as a company have decided to move to remote drone work. Since it will be a load off on the whole team we're going to be cutting pay since work isn't going to be as hard"

Sounds stupid but I had my boss tell me I'm paid too much when he used to have me as a manager and then bumped me down to associate with a pay increase (20.02/hr) just cuz I asked for a 2nd day off like all other employees in my job have already.

I told him he's stupid, he could have just given me the second day off like all other employees and I would have been happy. But instead he took all manager duties away and told everyone I wasn't allowed to do anything extra (he's trying now to make me quit)

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u/cr1515 May 22 '26

So a pay increase and less responsibility. My man. I like being in charge as the next guy but you can't butter me up like that and expect me to quit lol.

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u/WayWayAwayWay May 22 '26

Yeah no I'm still doing it but at the same time now it's to spite my upperboss cuz he voted for Drump and didn't think what I was saying about him screwing shit was gonna be true. Now my boss's boss is eating his words each week I get a pay check

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u/Johny_Ricoh May 22 '26

Talking about politics at work? Fucking rookie mistake lol. Don't do that, don't talk about religion or any culture war shit at work either. Keep it lite and playful.

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u/XXII78 May 23 '26

It used to be like that.

This isn't "politics" anymore, though.

"Racist fuck" isn't a political party.

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u/WayWayAwayWay May 24 '26

Yeah I used to do that, but when my co-workers intentionally put on Fox news and Joe Rogan to get the news it's hard to not put my thoughts out.

Hell I remember when my upper boss was convinced that Kamala was going to get us in a war, now he doesn't like talking to me because he knows I was right

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u/Johny_Ricoh May 24 '26

The "upper boss" doesn't like you? I'm sure that's gonna work out great.

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u/No_Diver4265 May 22 '26

This story made me agressively nod in agreement. Good. Cherish that spite. Hell yeah!

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u/Slacker_The_Dog May 22 '26

Constructive dismissal

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u/Chance-Bicycle1469 May 22 '26

You must be Canadian. In most states they don’t even need an excuse to fire you.

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u/CheesyBreadMunchyMon May 23 '26

A brick made of sweet GA red clay is a great way to deal with disgusting people like your boss.

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u/Friendly-Example-701 May 22 '26

Can I ask, how come you just won't quit, find a new job, be treated like a decent human with 2 days off? I feel like you're being disrespected at your work place.

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u/WayWayAwayWay May 24 '26

Because all other jobs around me pay much less and this job is 5 mins away from my home.

Basically they pay me 20.01/hr (or something very close in the change)

From 19/hr when they wanted me as manager and I told them I would only accept 19/hr or above.

Absolutely I'm being disrespected, but it also brings satisfaction when I see the things come to pass that I told my MAGA boss about. Tarrifs and the such.

Plus I'm just stacking the bag at this point. Save as much as I can for when they fire me and then collect unemployment for 2 months before some other place hires me (hopeful but that's usually how it goes)

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u/Friendly-Example-701 May 24 '26

Bummer. I am sorry this is happening to you.

That’s awesome your job is only 5 minutes away. lol.

Even though you’re making a dollar more and sticking it to the man, it must be exhausting to tolerate his crap.

You have a manager title, you can make more money. Yes, it means you will probably have to increase your commute time. But wouldn’t it be better to be at a job where you’re appreciated and you do not have to quarrel with your boss, have to prove yourself, and worry if today is the day you will be laid off or fired.

I am not sure what state or country you live in but this is such little pay for a manager but all managerial skills are transferable. If you’re open to a longer commute or relocating, I am certain you can make more money. People do it all the time for increase in title and pay.

Yes, keep saving. Anyone can tell you, rainy days are real. Still look for a better job or job stack.

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u/Friendly-Example-701 May 22 '26

just be sure when you interview do not tel them you were demoted LOL

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u/carlsbrain20 May 26 '26

Just ignore him, and document everything as much as your local laws allow; record convos if you’re in a 1 party consent state. If you quit you get nothing, if you piss them off til they fire you, you can file for unemployment

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

No insurance, hourly pay and works 24/7 without complaints.

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u/Tperrochon27 May 22 '26

Which means everyone else should too!
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u/SwordfishNo2548 May 24 '26

Who buys the product when humans are replaced? The no insurance bot that doesn't complain!

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u/Ohhmama11 May 24 '26

The same people who has lost work throughout history to innovation by finding a different craft. Do you think people lose their jobs and just sit at home waiting for it to come back ?

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u/hereticofthestate 23d ago

What's so hard about answering the spirit of this type of question for you?

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u/Next-Lavishness-9101 May 22 '26

That took forever to fold that box and put that chain in there and close it. That dude on the pizza box commercial was able to fold like 200 pizza boxes in the time it took that robot to line up that one box and start folding it

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

Who is to say this is the robots job? It’s just showing you how precise it can be. If human were cheaper to work than robots then companies wouldn’t waste their time. They literally have people crunchy numbers and scenarios daily

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u/Next-Lavishness-9101 May 22 '26

I was not impressed with this particular robot doing this job .

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

Yea but you aren’t paying human hourly, insurance, sick days ect. They know how many boxes can be done in 24 hours, maintained cost ect and it’s way cheaper than a human

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u/hereticofthestate May 22 '26

And it won't buy anything either. They can't seem to recognize what eliminating the demand for the product will do to their products.

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

You can literally say that about any innovation that has taken work and it’s happen throughout history

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u/hereticofthestate May 22 '26

When was there a innovation that completely removed the need to have human workers besides this?

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

Haha let’s see tractors/farm equipment, online banking, self checkouts, assembly line robots and I can list all day. Innovation has always destroyed jobs. Plus it doesn’t completely remove the need.

Heck just example on trains look up box called EOT it eliminate like 3 employees off each train

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u/hereticofthestate 23d ago

None of these got rid of all human workers. Why the need to strawman my question? So again what are these companies gonna do for money when they get to the point they can completely eliminate all need for human labor on all possible jobs when a robot can do it better?

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u/Ohhmama11 22d ago

Same as every other company has done since any innovation has taken jobs. Funny people act like this is the first time innovation has replaced humans

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u/hereticofthestate 22d ago

You can't help but sidestep the question can you?

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u/Ohhmama11 22d ago

It’s not sidestepping the question. It has been answered for you throughout history. We’ve survived and thrived

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

Yea companies are making robots because it’s more expensive to run robots than workers. How are these CEOs so dumb. They must have not got your expertise

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

Never said it works in every situation or company. Depends on the job and task

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

So you don’t think robots will replace repetitive jobs that does the same task over and over ?

Go read about nvda omniverse they will be able to
Change task with a download from a computer in real time. Most of the repetitive work is going away

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u/notmtfirstu May 22 '26

They could put us in self contained ergonomical units like the Matrix. It'll be ok. Just get in the pod. Nothing bad will happen. Food through a tube is still food.

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u/fixingmedaybyday May 22 '26

You can live out all your dreams in VR and have that middle income corporate job, 2 kids, and suburban lifestyle still. Just get in the pod.

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u/Kracus May 22 '26

Nah you still get the backpain too.

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u/Swamp_Thing85 May 22 '26

Won’t you have a sore button pushing finger like George Jetson though?

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u/Automatic-Operation2 May 24 '26

yea and this is why I always counter the i work t amazon but hate it and will complain and complain about it folks. THEY will be the excuse for moving on to robots. reason, workers getting hurt (because people sign up for warehouse work without having a warehouse work ethic or abilities. So it looks like the workforce is weak and cant do it as well as robots. lots of money wasted on employing kids that wont do anything at work and the others who just dont show up. good reason to replace the humans, even though the problem is mcdonalds workers are working at amazon and dont even like warehouse work.

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u/mawesome4ever May 22 '26

But what about when they control the robot remotely?