I share your concern. I develop industrial control systems. It's been a hot topic for decades that automation will replace factory workers. From my vantage p

I share your concern. I develop industrial control systems. It's been a hot topic for decades that automation will replace factory workers. From my vantage point there is still the same number of workers in factories. The difference is that they are now doing more meaningful and less labor intensive work. This level of automation is what has made manufacturing sustainable in the US. While this anecdote is not completely analogous with your example, I'm optimistic that we don't quite know yet how humans will be able to leverage these kinds of tools to increase their own productivity.