re: #469 Targetpractice

Yeah, but in their fantasy world, the only reason those machines aren’t being widely used is because wages are low enough to make humans cost effective. And that if wages go up even a fraction of a percent, then that line will be crossed and these machines will be quickly adopted.

The reality is that, if such work is going to be mechanized, it’s a matter of “when” and not “if.” The company that is right now paying slave wages and still bitching about sales is not going to pass up the opportunity the day these machines become cheaper than humans to grab them up.

There is a law of diminishing returns attached to the use of this technology. If the whole point of it is just to get rid of those lazy, worthless, unskilled, bottom-tier miminum wage workers, the entrepreneur will soon find out that true, the machine doesn’t ask for a raise or call in sick or show up late But it requires maintenance from a technician (who earns more than min wage) and if it breaks down of malfunctions, it requires service from a specialist who make A LOT MORE than minimum wage.