Modern tech "progress" feels like you're drowning in a lake and someone throws you a bag of m&m's. Sure I like m&m's but it really isn't anywhere near the top of my list right now.
Do "we" need anything else than food and sleep? Humanoid automata trope was invented in ancient times, and it's everywhere in sci-fi since about a century ago. Is it really surprising that someone actually tries to make it happen just for the sake of it?
Human-induced climate change is drastically worsening the living conditions for billions of people who will fight to survive in the coming decades and centuries.
And we still have a chance to handle the situation in peaceful and equitable ways - by transitioning from a competitive to a cooperative (non-commercial, trade-free, open access, open source) commons economy!
Once human labour is not competitive any more (2027-28?), we have to change our economic framework anyways. That's why I'm rooting for the aforementioned option with all the zest left in my aging body..