Would You Trust a Robot to Work in Your Home?
A robot that cleans, carries objects, monitors a home or assists elderly family members could be enormously useful. It would also operate in one of the most private spaces in human life.
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The people who will 'trust' robots in their homes are the wealthy, who will use them to replace the working-class domestic labourers (cleaners, nannies, landscapers) they currently employ (https://www.epi.org/publication/domestic-automation-and-labor/). This isn't about convenience; it's about capital replacing labour in the domestic sphere. It will devastate the gig economy and the immigrant workforce that relies on domestic labour to survive. Is it ethical to replace a human cleaner with a rob...
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