I am more than willing to change. I would like something to change to beyond: being worthless.
Those horse drivers had something to become: car drivers, truck drivers, etc. Moreover, they were given MORE options, not less. Additionally, the entire industry and facet of transportation expanded vastly, because it enabled more and created spur industries catering to those new cars.
Henry Ford was the only reason this was able to occur. Ford was sued by his investors (including the worthless dodge brothers) for "trying to transform his business into a charity." Ford said, "A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage." He was thinking BIG PICTURE and creating not just a company but an entire industry. He paid his labor MORE not less, because he realized he needed somebody to be able to buy his cars and not just catering to the wealthy, despite that having been the more profitable avenue at the time. Ford was a man of vision not because of his industrialization but because of his philosophy and his humanity. Flawed? Very? Did some good besides? Yes.
Obsoleted? No. Improved? Yes. I like being able to make change in my head as opposed to JUST on a machine. There is value in that.
This and the basic income comment. Yes. If we ever reach Star Trek levels, please. Yes. Unfortunately, I have so much less faith in the real world and believe that things will become more of a disutopia than a utopia. I sincerely hope I am wrong on this one point. Even in Star Trek's mythology timeline, earth underwent a period of time when the Bell Riots happened in response to this and there was vast distance between rich and poor.... Equality is the dream we must wake to achieve; will we? I don't know and fear not.
We are in no way dealing with the replacement problem, even adequately. If we could have some dream world where we had Star Trek Replicators or even sufficent excess production capacity that no one ever did without, fine. You can probably feel the doubt at this point....
Helping humans, yes; replacing humans, no.