Technology by its nature makes human beings more efficient. Automobiles replaced stable hands and horse trainers. Power tools make carpenters more efficient, yet nobody would suggest that we should eliminate nail guns or circular saws because they "replace people". Automation of any kind is the same, making people more efficient and providing them with goods that they can afford. You could hire a professional baker to make a batch of waffles, freeze them, put them in a bag, put them in a box, and sell them. But it would cost $10-$20 a box, not the $3-$4 that we pay and still have the company that makes them make a profit. To make them in the quantity would take an army of bakers, not a half dozen semiskilled laborers that run a production line.
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