Job Description of a “Picker” in an Amazon warehouse (via the FT ):
The last group, the “pickers”, push trolleys around and pick out customers’ orders from the aisles. Amazon’s software calculates the most efficient walking route to collect all the items to fill a trolley, and then simply directs the worker from one shelf space to the next via instructions on the screen of the handheld satnav device….“You’re sort of like a robot, but in human form,” said the Amazon manager. “It’s human automation, if you like.” Amazon recently bought a robot company, but says it still expec
The bolded line touches upon a theme I have analysed many times, most recently in the essay ‘Technological Unemployment Amidst Stagnation’ :