From a pure economics perspective, it does create those superior jobs. I.e. the usual tale of the factory worker who was replaced by a robot, then got a new job

From a pure economics perspective, it does create those superior jobs. I.e. the usual tale of the factory worker who was replaced by a robot, then got a new job fixing the robot that replaced him. Unfortunately this makes a few huge assumptions: 1) That the worker in question is able to take on that role, 2) That for some reason the factory would hire 1 person to maintain each robot (not happening), and 3) That the robot's output would be equal to the worker, which is highly unlikely (it would be much more efficient and make fewer mistakes). Plus, in the new modern automation trend, we're not just talking arms that build cars anymore, we're automating entire company departments. Things like accounting, investing, inventory control, etc. are all being heavily automated. White collar workers aren't as safe as they think.