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Robots coming for your technician job

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2026 5:57 am
by digdeeper
https://www.ibtimes.com/meta-testing-ro ... ks-3806978
Meta is separately experimenting with a robot capable of swapping networking cables, a task normally performed by data center technicians.
One worker told the outlet that, if successful, the cable-swapping robot could eventually replace as much as 80% of the workload performed by some employees. The company has also deployed a robotic finger capable of pressing the power button on a Mac Mini or other machine when remotely instructed by a human technician.
nEw jObS wIlL bE cReAtEd!!!
yOu aRe jUsT lUdDiTeS!!!
jUsT gEt bEtTeR sKiLlS!!!!
gO iNtO tHe tRaDeS!!!

Here is how Meta tries to bury the issue:
Meta declined to discuss the specific robotic experiments with WIRED. Spokesperson Francis Brennan, however, pushed back against the idea that the company is preparing for a future with dramatically fewer workers, saying Meta needs additional skilled labor as America's data center construction boom accelerates.
That won't work. The datacenters will be finished at some point, then the builders will be laid off too.

And still, no one at the top, or barely anyone in general, is talking about the prevention of the mass deaths that are about to happen. I guess they will happen. As company executives and politicians think human life is worthless, while everyone else either doesn't care enough or doesn't notice the signs.