Gig work and all that implies would be more tolerable in the US if we had a universal health care system and worked hard to craft policies to make housing affordable (not an investment).

Until that world comes to pass, the slow but growing movement to treat gig workers as employees will only get bigger and bigger.

I doubt even in 20 years we'll have fully autonomous driving cars in every jurisdiction. If I were Uber or another company who relies on gig work to exist, I would be pouring money into lobbying for universal health care. That would ease the pressure considerably.