Historically, automation has resulted in wealth skewing. Some resources such as land are zero-sum, and so wealth skewing has negative humanitarian impacts. But automation also has benefits to people at the bottom of the wealth distribution. Even though automation has made things worse for some people by reducing the status and pay of their jobs, the holistic effect on the bottom 50% of the wealth distribution (say) seems likely to be positive.
Historically, automation has resulted in wealth skewing. Some resources such as land are zero-sum, and so wealth skewing has negative humanitarian impacts. But automation also has benefits to people at the bottom of the wealth distribution. Even though automation has made things worse for some people by reducing the status and pay of their jobs, the holistic effect on the bottom 50% of the wealth distribution (say) seems likely to be positive.