> But of course if we automated those jobs with AI, we could direct AI produced value into universal basic income so people wouldn't lose their income

Why would I ever believe that this would happen at all though? I don't trust the people making decisions to actually do this

And even if they do, what does that look like for me? I find it difficult to believe that we would live unchanged. Are we talking nice urban apartments, big suburban houses, or shitty cyberpunk megacity apartment habs?

My sense of worth is tied to the work I do because the work I do can provide the income to afford the life I want and choose to live. Which is probably very different from the lifestyle that will "be provided for me" under a UBI plan