Article 1MTYD As sewbots threaten Asia's sweatshops, we need to decide who will benefit from automation

As sewbots threaten Asia's sweatshops, we need to decide who will benefit from automation

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Cory Doctorow
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A new International Labour Organization report called ASEAN in transformation: How technology is changing jobs and enterprises predicts that "sewbots" -- sewing robots that can piece together garments with little or no human intervention -- will replace up to 90% of garment and footwear workers in Cambodia and Vietnam in the years to come. (more")

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