A hike in the cost of labour was the reason why the industrial revolution happened in Britain vs India. Even today, the cost of labour is so little in India th

A hike in the cost of labour was the reason why the industrial revolution happened in Britain vs India. Even today, the cost of labour is so little in India that there is no need to innovate in robotics,AI etc. To me the question should be framed as - do we want minimum wage workers to be slaves ? This is essentially the argument being made. If robots are actually cheaper then why haven't they being deployed yet ? Having done research in robotics when I was younger - there are more productive use of roboticist's time then to go after minimum wage service workers. Its non-trivial to exchange a waiter with a robot, and we already have "ready made" food - so why do people still go restaurant ? The only thing a hike in minimum wage is going to do is cut into the profits of restaurant owners, landlords and big chain corporations.