General Motors has laid off (1) more than 1,000 workers at its Factory ZERO assembly plant in Detroit while simultaneously introducing 50 AI-powered collaborative robots to the production line.

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[–] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I love how they've tried to give them a shiny new name in the hope people will assume they're something different and magical?

The term "collaborative robots" or "cobots" conjures images of a humanoid robot working as part of the team.

Instead it sounds like they have a waldo with a camera on the end that is using Gen AI to look for faults.

They fired the staff because no one wants their shitty cars.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    The tech is probably a LOT simpler than that. Cobots have been a thing for a while. Plus Gen AI wouldn't be useful in them.

    This is 100% because no one wants to buy their shitty cars. The dealership near me hasn't moved inventory in ages.

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