Nikkei - $JD E-Commerce Giant CEO warns "Robots Will Replace 700,000 Delivery Workers".
Per FT's earlier piece last month: The 700,000 delivery personnel working for the firm will be replaced by robots, highlighting how rapid automation has become a new threat to China's already severe job market.
Liu Qiangdong, revealed that the company has signed contracts with approximately 120 schools to retrain its delivery workers, enabling them to transition into new roles such as robot repair and maintenance...
"Beijing has started to track AI’s hit to jobs as a national priority."
This follows other corporate strategy reports like $AMZN, of avoiding 600,000 future hires with robots.
But it's very interesting to see the shift in worker roles to robot support. Maybe $DASH to $UBER to $MELI, we'll all start to see this rollout following China.
There's a lot of retail disbelief over humanoid/robotics commercialization. But feels like the direction industry is heading down is pretty clear.
翻译:
日经 - 电商巨头 $JD 首席执行官警告“机器人将取代 70 万快递员”。
据金融时报早先的报道:该公司的 70 万名快递人员将被机器人取代,这凸显了快速自动化如何成为中国已经十分严峻的就业市场的新威胁。
刘强东透露,该公司已与大约 120 所学校签订合同,以重新培训其快递员工,使他们能够转入新的角色,如机器人维修和维护……
“北京已经开始将人工智能对就业的影响作为国家优先事项进行跟踪。”
这跟其他公司的战略报告类似,如 $AMZN,通过使用机器人避免未来 60 万人的招聘。
但看到工人角色转变为机器人支持的趋势很有趣。也许 $DASH、$UBER、$MELI 等公司都会开始在中国之后跟进这一趋势。
目前,零售业对人形机器人/机器人商业化存在很多怀疑。但感觉行业的发展方向已经相当明确。 🤖💻📦

















