I think it's time for the HN Automation Thread Template:

  P: Robots are taking our jobs!
    ~P: No, because of:
      {{ lump_sum_of_labor_fallacy }}  
      or
      {{ luddite_fallacy }}
      or
      {{ they've been saying this forever and they've always been wrong }}
       P: {{ various responses; invoke Martin Ford or Marshall Brain }}
         ~P: These guys don't know economics...
           while(1): 
              P: hand wave, generalize from anecdotes, 
                 speculate in the absence of empirical evidence
              ~P: hand wave, generalize from anecdotes, 
                  speculate in the absence of empirical evidence