We were listening to an episode of The food Programme on Radio 4 about robotic kitchens, where a robot prepared your food. The programme then went on do discuss how robots will eventually replace all aspects of non-creative labour.
This is inevitable, but this could open up totally new markets for artisanal products, and we're already seeing this in many areas, from craft beers to handmade bread. Cutlery is stamped out in uniform conformity by machines, but people (artisanal chefs in particular) will pay hundreds and even thousands of pounds for unique, handmade kitchen knives. Uniqueness will be the key.
I saw a speeded up version of this video on Facebook yesterday - this one is 11 minutes long, but it demonstrates the principle of making something a robot can't. well worth watching.
Of course, this market will depend on people having money with which to purchase artisan products, which is where the Universal Wage comes in.
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