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@Peter_Carter
I think you have a very " Fordist " view of the history of work. Though I d love a world of useful work as opposed to useless toil.
Work and the idea of a working day or week has varied in history. It was industrialisation that introduced the idea of a working day and discipline at work. Those of who were'nt slave or bonded labour were not initially too keen on this.
Yes, its worth being optimistic- but we do have other challenges that perhaps software can't quite deal with yet. I refer you to my arse wiping example . Then there are things like the diminishing tax base that's still needed to pay for social services, health care , education and other public goods... . Though Google doesnt really get the idea of public goods
And for good measure , we have declining birth rates in industrial or more properly post industrial societies
Lets see what happens in Japan as well as Detroit and Stockton on Tees.
Now back to work....