In the end we decide whether we'd like to carry a surplus population or not. We choose if a few lucky live off the machines or we use the machines to carry the

In the end we decide whether we'd like to carry a surplus population or not. We choose if a few lucky live off the machines or we use the machines to carry the extras. I'm afraid the default is to just kill the unneeded with deprivation. That's what happens if we just let things sort themselves out. The real question is whether or not the machines are suitably advanced this time to prevent a global "French Revolution" against those few from turning the entire world back to cave men. You might be surprised what rapidly becomes feasible politically at the edge of anarchy.