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> What about the workers thrown out of jobs by the new robo-waiters? Many would get new jobs, though the way this would work is often ignored.
> Most restaurants would keep longer hours (they're paying for the rent and the robots anyway), meaning many workers would get a raise and change shifts.
No, the workers are now fired. They don't get a raise.
> The advanced robo-restaurant technology would itself be a valuable American export good, and people would be employed in designing and selling it.
Yes, but not the people we just fired.
> Some low-wage work would be reallocated out of the relatively low-social-value restaurant sector and into things like child care and home health assistance, for which there is ample demand.
If there is ample demand for such things, and those things pay better, and typical restaurant workers are qualified, then we should already see a mass exodus from restaurant work. We don't. Thus one of these things isn't true.
> Since poor people are now making more money...
You have not given any evidence to support this.
> What about the workers thrown out of jobs by the new robo-waiters? Many would get new jobs, though the way this would work is often ignored.
> Most restaurants would keep longer hours (they're paying for the rent and the robots anyway), meaning many workers would get a raise and change shifts.
No, the workers are now fired. They don't get a raise.
> The advanced robo-restaurant technology would itself be a valuable American export good, and people would be employed in designing and selling it.
Yes, but not the people we just fired.
> Some low-wage work would be reallocated out of the relatively low-social-value restaurant sector and into things like child care and home health assistance, for which there is ample demand.
If there is ample demand for such things, and those things pay better, and typical restaurant workers are qualified, then we should already see a mass exodus from restaurant work. We don't. Thus one of these things isn't true.
> Since poor people are now making more money...
You have not given any evidence to support this.