Kicking Robots, by James Vincent (harpers.org)

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A Harpers contributer does the legwork and gets a head start on deflating the next dumb hype cycle.

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[-] fullsquare@awful.systems 6 points 13 hours ago

you want something to help you in warehouse work? we have a tool for that: it's called forklift

Hello I would like a mechanical slave

they have played us for absolute fools

[-] Soyweiser@awful.systems 5 points 11 hours ago

But paying workers gives workers money, which means you lose. Instead of buying a robot, which gives another capitalist/company money, which means they win. They are the most class conscious class.

this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2025

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