these days. I can see the day coming when 24- to 30-hour workweeks for living wages in Canada will have a bunch of people readjusting their expectations down here.

will have something to do with "surplus population."

... extra room people have to negotiate with

Instead of destroying jobs, only in Canada and the USA, this is an international problem, which appears suicidal for giant corporations, planning to reduce labor expenses. No jobs equates to dramatically reduced product sales, worldwide.

Throw a tablet at each table, people order and request refills from it. Soon, a robot could deliver the food. We aren't quite there on the food robots but it's not far off. Replacing cooks would be a taller order but if you don't have much variety in your menu then maybe....

There will be a bunch of sabotage if people get desperate enough with no prospects for work. The AI part is the one I find fascinating, what happens when AI can start solving problems and replace engineers, doctors, lawyers, mathematicians, etc.?

society again just like when industrialization jobs took over from agriculture. We can do it again.

Although, come to think of it, the Sharks were moving kind of stiffly during the Cup finals...