Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov were predicting this further back than that (Twilight Zone had plots based on the writings of many sci-fi authors). I recall reading some stories from these authors of a time when people would only work a few hours a week, and the rest of their time would be taken up by hobbies. One of which was assisting their robots who did all the creating. One of the reasons the future of mankind is painted so brightly is the thought that robots will create and maintain infrastructure for humans. Who needs a replicator (as in Star Trek) when robots create everything? I see it as a good thing that robots will do the heavy lifting for us. That will leave us time to be philosophers and poets (well, some of us, the rest will be protesting and destroying stuff).
as the saying goes “Idle hands do the devil’s work.” Look at the inner city!
Or just fat people in chairs (see Wal-E)
And the first thing we need to think of is that we don't more people in this country, we need less. With some realignment of useful duties.
Bring in the Scoops!
Soylent Green - how did a 1973 B film so presciently depict metro life in 2022?
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/mediaviewer/rm3872838144
RE: “the rest will be protesting and destroying stuff”