Needs multiply. If houses and clothes were self-cleaning and self-repairing, there would be other, high-end tasks that need taking care of, which may not be automatically fun. taking care of the lawn, cooking (for some people and for most meals is not fun).
As your mundane tasks increase due to better technology, it is useful to have someone take them over.
Or they could’ve just created self cleaning houses, so no one is forced to do work.
Needs multiply. If houses and clothes were self-cleaning and self-repairing, there would be other, high-end tasks that need taking care of, which may not be automatically fun. taking care of the lawn, cooking (for some people and for most meals is not fun).
As your mundane tasks increase due to better technology, it is useful to have someone take them over.
It is very useful to have an AI loyal to you.