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Amazon has announced plans to fill more than 500,000 roles with robots, intensifying debate over the pace of workplace automation. The move underscores the growing role of robotics in logistics and reignites questions about long-term employment displacement.
JD.com founder Richard Liu said at the APEC China CEO Forum that robots will replace the company’s 700,000 delivery workers “sooner or later”, pairing the prediction with a retraining program called Nirvana that aims to move couriers into robot maintenance and AI training roles before automation arrives.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said governments may need to restructure tax systems within five years to shift the burden away from workers and toward AI systems and automation. He also warned that most AI companies will fail amid intensifying global competition.