[ElevenLathe]

There is always something to do that could improve the lot of our fellow humans, even if that just means hanging out with lonely people (of which there are many). The problem is finding anyone to pay someone to do these things, so that they can continue to be housed, clothed, fed, and entertained while they are.

Even short of abolishing capitalism (or at least UBI, or a decent social safety net) though, the most likely answer is that people will find work doing stuff that capital wants, and which AI can't yet do (sex work? meaningful art?), or that capital for some reason doesn't want AI to do (intelligence work? domestic servants?). I don't know what those professions will be, but it's likely some of them don't even exist yet.