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by criddell 3161 days ago
You don't think wages have any effect on the decision to automate?

I will always vote for raising the minimum wage but at the same time I know it probably makes automation more attractive.

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I don't think it has as extreme an impact as the people posting images of a self-service menu imply it does. I will concede that a lot of my aversion to the argument is from the disdain for people with lower-class jobs that I read into it.

But while I agree there is an impact, I also don't think we should avoid automation simply to have someone doing a mindless job if it could effectively be automated. People don't necessarily need jobs, they need the resources that having a job allows them access to.