I think it depends on the industry. For example, I work in manufacturing and we have a sales team that is in the office once a week, if we are lucky. The disconnect in communication between sales, management (who is also mostly remote) and production is absolutely massive and causing issues that did not exist prior to their current remote status. Examples include that both management and sales are often sluggish to respond when production needs clarification for custom work, and that the typical manager or salesperson's comprehension of the products being sold is atrophied simply because their exposure has diminished in recent years. In the context of our business, it would be beneficial if everyone was in the building working side by side and since only two members or our sales team are "outside" sales, there's not a compelling reason for the rest to be working from home.

On the flip side, my wife does medical coding, which is entirely remote and doesn't require a constant line of communication to management or your coworkers, for that matter, unless there is a problem, most of which can be rectified with an email, chat or Zoom meeting. There is no compelling reason for her to show up to an office to do computer-based work that can be done literally anywhere with an Internet connection.

As the US moves forward with continued remote work, I think it's important that companies be honest with the realities of the market they are in and plan accordingly.

I suspect the argument would be you can’t deep fake in-person interactions

There wont be. Not any more than we already have. The comment above you is pure sensationalism based on nothing.