When I first got a robot vacuum cleaner,
the first thing I noticed was how much worse its cleaning quality was compared against a person.
The second thing I noticed: it added a job to the household (one that came with zero training):
robot vacuum maintenance
Just as we handwash dishes even though we have an automatic dishwasher, we still vacuum, abeit less frequently, with a non-robotic vacuum.
The introductions of these machines only shifted the labor.
It didn’t eliminate the labor.
Hardware eventually breaks.
Software eventually works.
The work still needs to get done.
That’s why we have people.
Not to mention Jevon’s Paradox or the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
