> Are you rich and want to own something like a soup company?
This already exists.
> Just lease a fully-automated factory and a bunch of AI workers,
The current solution is not “fully automated”, but it can be fairly hands off for the owner.
> and you're instantly shipping and making money!
… but this is the hard part. Just because you can make soup doesn’t mean anyone will buy it.
Marketing and distribution are very real challenges in markets like this, and the players in those markets will put tremendous pressure on the owner via their costs such that the owner doesn’t make money unless they commit to producing a relatively high level of volume.
Source: My family members who have retail food product lines.
This already exists.
> Just lease a fully-automated factory and a bunch of AI workers,
The current solution is not “fully automated”, but it can be fairly hands off for the owner.
> and you're instantly shipping and making money!
… but this is the hard part. Just because you can make soup doesn’t mean anyone will buy it.
Marketing and distribution are very real challenges in markets like this, and the players in those markets will put tremendous pressure on the owner via their costs such that the owner doesn’t make money unless they commit to producing a relatively high level of volume.
Source: My family members who have retail food product lines.