[Westbrook]

Somehow I don’t think this will lead to the Star Trek Utopia where machines do *ALL* the hard work, leaving mankind free to pursue enrichment through arts, the sciences, sports, exploration, and just plain recreation, due to the enormous wealth generated by automata and distributed freely to any and all citizens.

[Antoninus]

Somehow I don’t think this will lead to the Star Trek Utopia where machines do *ALL* the hard work....

You'll recall that O'Brien in TNG and DS9 was portrayed as constantly overworked, no matter how numerous his crew.