If we invite a few more economists to this cocktail party there is a reasonable case to be made that the cost of manual labor will drop precipitously. Dangerous

If we invite a few more economists to this cocktail party there is a reasonable case to be made that the cost of manual labor will drop precipitously. Dangerous jobs like construction and mining could be done by androids instead of humans. The point of contention I think at this cocktail party would then be whether the price of androids becomes low enough that those replaced by the androids are able to buy some androids of their own to start their own construction or mining businesses, or if instead all androids are owned by some megacorporation that rents androids out and thus keeps the displaced workers in poverty. What I would like to emphasize is that this is a problem of political economy rather than a problem of technology. I think most would agree that which future we end up with depends on if androids end up costing $100,000 per unit or $100 per unit. If the latter case ever arrives we will pass through the former case anyway.