Yes, and to go further: the value that humans bring to these economic activities, and on which they are bottlenecked, is almost entirely their mental capabilities.
There are a few jobs where people joke about just doing things that a trained monkey could do, but it’s only funny because a trained monkey couldn’t actually do them, especially when things don’t go entirely to plan. There are plenty of jobs that rely on social competence in dealing with other humans, but that’s still mostly mental capability.
There are also plenty of jobs that couldn’t (at least at first) be replaced by smart robots with AGI, but they’re not really so relevant to questions such as limits on economic growth.
Yes, and to go further: the value that humans bring to these economic activities, and on which they are bottlenecked, is almost entirely their mental capabilities.
There are a few jobs where people joke about just doing things that a trained monkey could do, but it’s only funny because a trained monkey couldn’t actually do them, especially when things don’t go entirely to plan. There are plenty of jobs that rely on social competence in dealing with other humans, but that’s still mostly mental capability.
There are also plenty of jobs that couldn’t (at least at first) be replaced by smart robots with AGI, but they’re not really so relevant to questions such as limits on economic growth.