FoxConn to Automate / Be Careful What you Wish For

[Pancho Villa]

Robots are apparently replacing the chinese:

Higher wages means that automation becomes, relatively, more profitable. And it is to automation that most jobs go to die, not trade or international competition.

These robots are being used at Foxconn for the same reason that self-service checkout counters are being used in supermarkets, for the same reason that self-service yoghurt shops proliferate. The change in relative prices between labour and machines means the machines are being used in place of the people...

...Those who have been agitating for higher wages can pat themselves on the back for those who keep their jobs will indeed be getting higher wages. But there will be fewer of them as a result. Manufacturing jobs, minimum wage jobs, service jobs, whatever, the result is always the same: raise the price of labour and more automation will happen.”

Economic reality is a little different than what the dimwitted hope it to be, but is about as easy to avoid as the law of gravity. Labor prices are not some magic number that can be raised or lowered by government policy, no matter what the demagogues say.

[Ronin13]

Robots are apparently replacing the chinese:



Economic reality is a little different than what the dimwitted hope it to be, but is about as easy to avoid as the law of gravity. Labor prices are not some magic number that can be raised or lowered by government policy, no matter what the demagogues say.

Means more in-house manufacturing, but the real problem is here for sure- less jobs with more automation. If you're a manufacturer, better get taught on how to fix the machines if you want to stay employed.

[TFOGGER]

And thus, Skynet became sentient....and cussed profusely at AT&T because it had no signal for its iPhone....

[Ronin13]

And thus, Skynet became sentient....and cussed profusely at AT&T because it had no signal for its iPhone....

Skynet becomes angry at Verizon and Tmobile because of incompatibility, targets the "can you hear me now?" guy and the TMobile hottie.

[jplove71]

Skynet becomes angry at Verizon and Tmobile because of incompatibility, targets the "can you hear me now?" guy and the TMobile hottie.

My jailbroken iPhone 3G works just fine with my T-Mobile service. :P