Why Robots Won't Cause Mass Unemployment

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. When robots are capable of doing everything humans can do, even the creative endeavors, then what, exactly, are we being freed up to do? Or phrasing it another way, how exactly are we supposed to generate an income while doing it? As one analyst snarkily stated it, you can't build an economy off of music and poetry.

Robots WILL lead to mass unemployment because the very nature of business is to reduce costs, and increase profits. If a company can run a delivery truck without a human driver 24/7 and it be less costly, they will do it. Trucker be damn. If fast food chains can remove the human element from food production, they will do it. Unfortunately putting people out of work in exchange for greater profits is the next logical step.