They are right. I'm asking how much would you as a person be open to paying for whatever. I never asked what you think it is worth.

It's like someone only being able to afford $20k for a car. If no new car they want is $20k, then they aren't going to get a new car they want. What they are willing to pay for it is $20k. Not the $80k or whatever it is.

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>OP seems to be mostly concerned about to what degree the robot can substitute for a human partner.

The biggest industry to date and for a long time is ... sex.

That industry is already preparing for it to the point they got the things to sound like they are breathing, parts needed, and so on.

And then the next biggest market is romance and dating stuff. To the point there is AI parents already out. They aren't good, but they are already making a ton of money.

So without a doubt in my mind, you will have many trying to sleep with them or mod parts onto them.

>However, clearly, OP doesn't know what they're saying when they suggest cooking, cleaning, and taking out the trash are simple tasks. You also seem to be unaware of what these things imply about the capabilities of the robot.

While complicated, it is the unknown factors. You can highly automate cooking, cleaning, and taking out the trash now. The reason why is it is highly highly highly predictable.

Watching living creatures isn't. And without a doubt in my mind little brats will try to trick and break the robot. Like can it deal with mental illness or whatever? Many human babysitters can't today.

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Some kids might be fine, but at that stage you are trusting the kids over the robot.

>What you say makes no sense. Why would those roles disappear?

They aren't wrong

Sure at first Mc D and others will most likely agree to renting. And maybe you have your robot go to other houses to clean. BUT, this can come with it's own problems depending on the technology. Like you will have to waste actual human time for it to go to the other house, map it, and so on.

And then you will likely find over the years more and more people will end up buying their own. Plus other places like Mc D will at some point get their own robots. I imagine the only reason why you would be able to rent it out is that in between time or testing to see if it is ready. Meaning after a year, they will likely be getting their own robots anyways.

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But again, the point of the post is how much each person is OK with paying for it. If you can afford it being $100k or so. Then cool. But unlike you as the rich person here. The real world we have to budget for these things.