From whom? Not from me… i welcome it and understand that the incentives are in place to drive this, just like it really always has (like you said: "It is not like technology is standing still here").
> and that eventually most jobs at the low end of the economy will be gone.
Probably true in general, eventually at least.
> (something like a UBI will really be needed.
With our current form of governance (centralized, easily corruptible, lack of provenance/accountability in the decision making chain of bureaucracy, tendency to be opaque from the public) and resource allocation, this is untenable.
> the problem is what will we do with our labor surplus after that happens
And this cannot be a top down thing, if it is, expect heavy resistance when things start to go sideways.
> or society is in deep trouble)
This likely true imo, I think things need to get worse before they get better.