Column 1: “The First Wave: The Jobs Robots Will Take First”
There’s a warehouse outside of Memphis that runs almost entirely in the dark.
Not because the company is cutting corners on electricity. But because the robots working inside don’t need light to see. They don’t need breaks. They don’t need music playing or a reasonable temperature or a manager who actually listens. They just need power, a signal, and a job to do.
They work through the night, every night, moving boxes with a precision and tirelessness that no human shift ever could. And the handful of people still employed there? They mostly fix the robots when something goes wrong.
That warehouse isn’t a glimpse of the future. It’s already happening. And it’s just the opening act.
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