I am also enthusiastic about robots and doubtful about "the market surviving this".

But what happens to people when the robots have all of the jobs?

People think it's not going to affect them because their job is special. It's just a matter of a few years difference, everyone's job will be affected. Even computer programming.

Why am I so sure about this? Because there is a very large research effort going on aimed at AGI and they _are_ making progress. And the potential rewards are enormous. And the hardware capability is available now.