I find it weird and uncomfortable too. Like, why are there a bunch of people excited about mass unemployment?
It is not about mass unemployment. It is about efficiency. Producing the same thing for cheaper. Leading to cheaper products to buy.
That is what allowed our current lifestyles. It is good thing. Now it is just coming to next area.
In some sense I think it is related to how pyromaniacs like to lit and watch houses burn. Some sort of fetisch?
Nobody wants to be unemployed, but people generally love the idea of getting what they want without having to interact with not to say pay to other people.
Like you have a brilliant idea, but unfortunately don't have any hard skills. Now you don't have to pay enormous sums of money to geeks and have to suffer them to make it come true. Truly a dream!