> Not sure to follow, machines need energy as input. So unless energy is free and unlimited, even if the machines run without people, there is a cost for the products.
But where does energy come from? You would have machines that can make solar panels and install them and operate a power grid, or people would still have jobs doing those things.
> Unless you also assume that unemployed people could get some ABI or SNAP from government (in US already 1 out 8 adult receives SNAP) to pay for food (cost less with 100% automation, but still cost the energy for fertilizer, tractors, transport, transformation), for shelter, etc. and pay for healthcare.
If everything other than healthcare was automated then energy production, fertilizer production, tractor production, transportation, etc. would all be automated.
If everything is automated then everything is free. If there is still anything that can't be automated then people still have jobs doing that.
But where does energy come from? You would have machines that can make solar panels and install them and operate a power grid, or people would still have jobs doing those things.
> Unless you also assume that unemployed people could get some ABI or SNAP from government (in US already 1 out 8 adult receives SNAP) to pay for food (cost less with 100% automation, but still cost the energy for fertilizer, tractors, transport, transformation), for shelter, etc. and pay for healthcare.
If everything other than healthcare was automated then energy production, fertilizer production, tractor production, transportation, etc. would all be automated.
If everything is automated then everything is free. If there is still anything that can't be automated then people still have jobs doing that.