It seems to me a meaningfully open question whether automating all human labor will end up net benefiting humans, even assuming we survive; of course it might, but I think much more dystopian outcomes also seem plausible. Markets tend to benefit humans because the price signals we send tend to correlate with our relative needs, and hence with our welfare; I think it is not obvious that this correlation will persist once humans become unable to generate economic value.
It seems to me a meaningfully open question whether automating all human labor will end up net benefiting humans, even assuming we survive; of course it might, but I think much more dystopian outcomes also seem plausible. Markets tend to benefit humans because the price signals we send tend to correlate with our relative needs, and hence with our welfare; I think it is not obvious that this correlation will persist once humans become unable to generate economic value.