> Does the wealth created by automation reduce the need for humans to work to survive, or does it just centralize in the hands of capital owners?
It seems to do a bit of both. People do slightly more work with lots more automation to help them, and automation generates work as well (e.g. once upon a time you'd occasionally send a memo out; now anyone can email anyone else and it all needs archiving).
Does the wealth created by automation reduce the need for humans to work to survive, or does it just centralize in the hands of capital owners?