I don't disagree, but it clashes with what has been preached by western societies for almost half a century. When factory workers first experienced the brutal reality of advanced automation, the societal answer was "become a knowledge worker instead! Robots can't do creative things!". A few people knew (and said) that it was a delusion, but the necessary technology was somewhat slow to appear, so it looked like the principle held.

I suspect we're going to quickly re-evaluate a lot of '70s political and philosophical works over the next 5-10 years.