Submitted by HumanNoImAlienCat t3_zxlsm5 in Futurology
That is, if human labor was no longer required in the world.
Say that hypothetically, robots were able to perform any job needed to keep the world running, and humans did not need to work anymore. The robots are not sentient and thus do not require pay.
In this scenario, would there need to be such a thing as money anymore or could society exist without money? A person can just ask a robot for apples instead of going to the store and paying for them. They get the apples for free. There would still need to be regulations of some kind to make sure the rate of apple production can keep up with consumption, but things would have no price.
Does this scenario sound realistic (obviously taking into account robot technology way beyond that of today) or is it flawed? What am I overlooking? Are there places money would still be needed that I am not thinking of?