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Japanese convenience stores are hiring robots run by workers in the Philippines: Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI. (restofworld.org)
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[–] overat8@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think it’s unavoidable due to the fact Japan has a declining birth rates and because of that, there isn’t enough young people to fill these entry job roles.