[mewpmewp2]

Agriculture, oil drilling, trucking, etc...

[fauigerzigerk]

The machines in those sectors do not cost nearly as much as doing the same work manually. Not even close.

[mewpmewp2]

Of course not, but they cost more than the person using them, it's multiplying the productivity of that person, so if AI multiplied enough as well it would make sense.

[fauigerzigerk]

That's beside the point.

The question was whether the salaries that would have been paid for the working hours replaced by the machine are a realistic yardstick for the market price of the machine.

That's clearly not the case in any industry.