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People have been saying robots will take all the jobs and kill everyone for centuries: https://timeline.com/robots-have-been-about-to-take-all-the-jobs-for-more

• throwawayhhakdl 7y ago
  And? Many jobs have disappeared. Many jobs have been simplified with software to require far fewer people, and far less mental effort.
• throwaway8291 7y ago
  There's a company in my town, hiring devs for a fully robotic kitchen setup. Ingredients are deposited, machines cook meals. A single person can take care of the joint. You can replace a $100k/month bill on personel for a mid-size fast-food outlet with $10k/month for a few guys helping the machine. No strikes, overwork, just ingredients, meals and a bit of maintenance. Imagine, you are a 50 joint franchise, that's a whopping 50 mil per year in savings (and few hundred people desperately looking for jobs).
  • telesilla 7y ago
    As long as the price of that food is lowered to reflect its mass-produced nature, it seems fair: win-win for society. Then on (those more rare) occasions when we want a superb michelin-level meal, we pay the fair price for a human to prepare it.