Didn't the Swiss vote on basic income recently? Seems like it would be a much better alternative. Such a high minimum wage is likely to discriminate against the very poor by favouring automation and reducing demand for unskilled workers.
No, they haven't voted yet. There will be a vote, but the date of it is yet unclear.
Automation is never bad.
Different schools of thoughts have differing opinions regarding that. As a libertarian, I'd argue that the free market is better than government at deciding what needs to be automated. Minimum wages effectively impose a tax on human labor which in turn artificially incentivizes automation. Basic income might suffer from the same problem to some degree (by disincentivizing people to do lower paid jobs) but at least, it would accomplish the stated goal of minimum wages (that is, helping the more needy).