Agreed -- I don't even get into "can/should automation be prevented" arguments any more. Instead, the question we should ask ourselves should be: Taking automation for granted,how can we use it to benefit all of humanity?
Unfortunately, most people don't seem to think that far, instead getting stuck at either "automation will be the death of us all" or "automation is great and will solve all of our problems". Neither of these is likely to be true -- unless we actively work to make the latter a reality. In and of itself, automation is value-neutral; it's up to us to employ it for good.