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Gonna go against the grain here and say that, while Bernie's post is absolute dog shit, of all the low-hanging fruit out there, the idea of automating human-to-human interaction is especially grim imho. Waiting tables is meaningful work. It is capitalism that turns such roles into 'service'.
Counterpoint: nobody actually wants to wait tables. People do it because they need money.
Automation would be great if we didn’t all need money for survival.
Jobs aren’t the problem. Money is.
In a perfect world, we’d all be happy that robots are doing our miserable work, like waiting tables.
If it weren’t for the need for money, automate away all these stupid fucking jobs. We can all find better uses for our time.
But, without a job, no money. That’s the rub.
Alas, I don’t know what the actual practical solution is. Or if a “Star Trek Socialist Utopia” moneyless future is actually possible at all.
There is like a chinese restaurant close to my home that has basically replaced all waiters with robots. Most people found it endearing but strange.