Strongly recommend you watch Hans Rosling's TED talk on washing machines to realize how automated it already is: https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_and_the_

Strongly recommend you watch Hans Rosling's TED talk on washing machines to realize how automated it already is: https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing_machine https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing... That said, I do still understand your point.