The exact same arguments are being used in favor or automation. Short term it causes unemployment, but people argue that long term it will just move people to places where they can more efficient apply their skills.

However people are also currently arguing that we might be starting to hit the cap and that we should start reduce the number of work hours (8->6) in order to maintain the same amount of employment. A similar discussions is going on around UBI which is focusing on allowing people to remain unemployed and focus on maximizing personal skill and happiness.