The Real “Fear” of AI is Automation Inundation

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commentsYou've certainly heard it: the continuous discussion related to raising the minimum wage in the various districts of numerous countries, with $15 per hour being the currently hyped target in particular areas of the United States and Canada. I am not a politician, and activist, or an economist; while I have brought this subject up for context, I am now going to bypass it directly and instead address 2 other specific, closely-related topics.Minimum wage automation in the service industry: I'm not lovin' it.First, in the context of the above utterance, it seems that job security for minimum wage earners is not getting enough coverage. While it is understandable that generally unskilled minimum wage earners would be interested in a guarantee of more money -- a perfectly reasonable concern -- knowing that they will have the same job to go to tomorrow, the next day, and the day after is likely nearly as important to many, at least in the longer term. I would go so far as to say, wit…