Sure, but that count needs to be lower than the number of human robots in service replace or it's not a business savvy use of automation (unless robots are used to reduce risk of injury).
Just saying that the workforce is a dynamic system that adapts to the conditions. It would be challenging to count, tit for tat, how the landscape will change. It always has and always will adapt.
I only wanted to illustrate how the meat sacks are not yet obsolete to an ever-changing system, and, how we will be gravitating toward a world where basic needs could eventually be met at a very low cost to society, if any at all.
A near zero cost of energy would support the concept of a Roddenbery/Star Trek civilization where each person can choose to exist at a comfortable, basic level, or do whatever creative thing they want to further their enjoyment of life. (education, art, science, exploration, etc.)
For my whole life I never could buy into the idea of such a thing, and always thought that the Star Trek model was defective because of the money aspect. My mind was changed when I read and listened to Tony Seba and came to realize it would be the cost of energy that will usher in this future. His ideas show this has a clear probability of unfolding due to how a convergence of disruptive technologies demonstrate how such a way of life is not only possible, it is very likely inevitable.
Money and inflation concerns are a by-product of managing (manipulating) the cost of energy necessary to exist and grow. When that cost is very quickly (over a few decades) reduced to near zero, as the only remaining energy cost being the maintenance of solar panels, wind generators, and battery installations, money will play a much less crucial role in social control.
In the current world our success is judged based on what monetary achievements we make. Which is mostly applied to pay for the use of energy. Once the costs of goods and services are run through the sieve to separate out the energy costs, very little remains to be paid for.
In a hyper-low energy cost world, success will be determined by how much a person creates and contributes. Eliminating the need to scrabble for basics like food and shelter could reshape people's priorities and provide opportunities like never before.
Tesla and the other Musk companies are at the forefront of making this vision for the future a reality. More so than any other company today.
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