Amazon now employs almost as many robots as humans leading to huge productivity improvements. From the second graph, “end-to-end” packages handled by Amazon rose from 175 in 2015 to nearly 4000 in 2025. Incredible. Excellent piece in the WSJ.
Hat tip: Edward Conard.
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