the market is heading toward putting humans out of jobs entirely
I think so.
There will be some exceptions, e.g. humans who will choose to tightly merge with AIs or otherwise strongly upgrade, or some local economic activities in the communities which will deliberately pursue a non-automation path, but the economic status of most humans will probably be no different from the economic status of children or retirees (that is, if things go well).
So, yes, the problem of making sure that life is interesting and meaningful will definitely exist (if things go well). AIs might help finding various non-trivial solutions to this (since not everyone is happy simply pursuing arts, sciences, meditations, hikes, travels, and social life for their own sake).
So the question is, why might things go well, and what can we do to increase the chances of that...
I think so.
There will be some exceptions, e.g. humans who will choose to tightly merge with AIs or otherwise strongly upgrade, or some local economic activities in the communities which will deliberately pursue a non-automation path, but the economic status of most humans will probably be no different from the economic status of children or retirees (that is, if things go well).
So, yes, the problem of making sure that life is interesting and meaningful will definitely exist (if things go well). AIs might help finding various non-trivial solutions to this (since not everyone is happy simply pursuing arts, sciences, meditations, hikes, travels, and social life for their own sake).
So the question is, why might things go well, and what can we do to increase the chances of that...