[teawrecks]

I don't think humans evolved to do the job of a robot. At least not as much as the industrial revolution and mega corporations would have them do. I believe humans need/want some mix of mindless (cathartic) and some creative (mentally difficult) tasks.

For the last ~100 years now we've optimized our ability to create jobs that are mindless because this makes hiring easier. The side effect of this is a workforce full of people who never get to work creatively and go home feeling drained, worthless, and depressed

I'm optimistic about all automation because it relieves some of the pressure of mindless work off of humans and frees them up to be creative. Now if only we had a social system in place to redirect some of the profits from automation toward supporting fellow citizens who want to do legitimate hard work on a brand new idea...