There are two types of labor, physical and cognitive. We've seen automation mainly in physical labor, but cognitive human labor has been losing out to automation as well. For example, truckers and radiologist.

Maybe AI was over promised in recently years, but even if you're long on it, it's intellectually lazy to simply say "oh, that's far off." Before we get to the human labor free future, there will be all sorts of growing pains on the way. If we don't have an idea of what a labor free society looks like, what chances do we have of transitioning without imploding?

I'm a pessimist here: I think it's a long tightrope with a plunge into societal collapse waiting at every potential misstep. But if we don't at least get the tightrope setup, there won't even be the slim chance of getting society to the other side.