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Bernie Sanders: “Bezos is investing $100 billion to automate factories in the US and around the world.”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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People like Musk and others basically say that within a few years, AI will be able to do anything that you do better than you can do it. Okay. All right. And then you're looking at people like Mr. Bezos. You all know Mr. Bezos is investing $100 billion to automate factories in the US and around the world. What does that mean? Who's going to do the work in the Amazon warehouses and in automobile factories in years to come? Robots. That's right. And probably pick the crops as well. (18:29–18:38)

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Claims that Jeff Bezos is investing heavily in automation.

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