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Why our warehouse automation project went wrong and what we learned about AI jobs
Last year, my company put robots in to sort packages. They were supposed to save time and cut jobs. But the AI kept misreading labels, causing huge delays. We had to bring back human workers to fix the errors. It made me see that AI isn't perfect, and we need to think more about how it affects people's work.
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rowan7156mo ago
Sure, but does one messed up project mean the whole idea is broken? New tech always has bugs at the start, right? People said cars would never replace horses because they broke down all the time. Now we just fix the software and try again. Is a sorting robot glitch really that different from a conveyor belt jamming?
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adams.uma6mo ago
Ever see those self-driving cars get confused by plastic bags?
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the_ben6mo ago
Totally get that argument, used to say the same thing about early tech problems. But seeing a two ton car slam on the brakes for a shopping bag drifting across the street hits different than a robot arm dropping a box. It shows the system can't tell a real threat from trash in the real world, which feels like a whole other level of bug. Makes you wonder how it handles a kid's balloon or some shredded plastic in the rain. That stuff isn't a rare glitch, it's everyday life on the roads.
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