Replacing humans with automation is common in wealthy societies because the cost of labor is high. That's a good thing!
I don't want to live in a place where labor is cheap. I'll either be paid poorly or there will be a great imbalance of wealth.
The only real solution is to create better automation.
I’d rather live in a place where waitstaff are comfortably compensated for their labor. Automating it will just lead to one kind of misery after another. Where does it end? Why do we want to go there? We can choose not to.
That sounds nice but falls apart when customers have to actually pay for it.
The most workable solution we've found is for employers to compete for employees, and employees to work for a wage that's acceptable to them. If you pay more than that, a competitor who pays less will take all your business.