JD.com robots will eventually replace the company’s 700,000 couriers, its founder says. It is a rare admission that automation is coming for blue-collar jobs. Most tech bosses hedge when asked whether machines will take people’s jobs. Richard Liu just said it plainly. He chairs JD.com, one of China’s biggest e-commerce groups. At the APEC China […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
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