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NNadir

(33,538 posts)
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 03:27 PM Jan 2022

In Cuba, the job of "sex sorter" is going to be supplanted by machines.

I came across this article this afternoon: Nuclear technique cuts mosquito numbers in Cuban trial.

The last sentence in the article is this one:

Gato Armas said that it was possible that by the end of 2022 the project study area will increase, but it will require upgrades to equipment, including an automated 'sex-sorter', to reduce time-intensive labour and bring down costs.


I hope retraining will be possible for the sex sorter workers being displaced by automation.
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