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Robots? Assuming you already have 7+ days worth of clothes simply hire a maid to come by once a week.

With a human you never have to worry about software upgrades, charging batteries, or wake up in a cold sweat in fear of your hired help violating Isaac Asimov's laws of robotics.



Humans are quite capable of violating the laws of robotics too!


> Humans are quite capable of violating the laws of robotics too!

Well, that could mean that robots may too violate the laws of robotics!


The question was “why can’t you automate it?”.


Automate doesn’t have to mean a machine is handling it. It means you don’t have to handle it. Human automation is a valid tool, in particular for things like housework.


Automate usually does mean to use machinery.

I open a car factory. It is fully automated.

See?

Besides, the original question is totally boring if you allow human automation. Of course I can hire someone to do labour. No one needs that explained to them.




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