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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Literally every one of these things can be partially or completely automated right now. Those automated solutions will be widely available pretty quickly.
Direct ordering is largely automated, and soon delivery will be as well, which is in part what allows those services to undercut retail costs, so you're wrong about that. Second, again, you may still need a human plumber, but a small business accountant? Nope. Dog sitter? Nope. Caterer? Maybe, but it'll employ far fewer people due to many functions being automated. You've seriously underestimated what even dumb, narrow AI is already capable of.
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I run a small business, and none of those services can be automated. I need to answer the phone and speak to customers. I need to have a person track my finances. A computer can physically print the letter, but I still need someone to physically input the data into the computer.
I think you are vastly over-estimated the current abilities of automated technology. AI cannot respond to nuanced and dynamic situations. Real life scenarios require an actual human mind to navigate around.
Beyond the mental capabilities of AI, we also are very far away from having robots who can climb into someone's apartment and remove a clog from a sink. We can barely build a robot that can walk in a straight line. We haven't even built a machine that replaces a simple plunger. So even the vast majority of small businesses that require manual labour are very far from being totally automated.
Basically, my point is that there are few real life situations, run by small businesses, that you could totally automate.