I don’t want AI to do my laundry

Per Prism Reports, household robots are becoming real—LG Electronics unveiled a home robot that can fold laundry and prepare meals, while First Lady Melania Trump introduced Figure 03, a humanoid robot designed for chores. But the outlet is raising a bigger question: should we outsource everyday domestic labor? Prism argues that mundane household tasks are where we craft identity and meaning, and that past promises of labor-saving tech, from washing machines to microwaves, never actually freed us up—they just filled the time with consumption and screens. The real solution, the piece suggests, is not a robot, but economic security and a fairer distribution of household work.

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