I am also in IT and there are two things no one is seriously talking about, net job loss as you mention and technilogical terroism. All of this automation relies on networking, and all of it is suceptible to hacking. World War 3 is going on now over the internet, everything that uses the internet is hackable and will be hacked at some time. Everything from your Apple watch to your home hvac controls to the computer in your car are targets and have been hacked by the bad guys.
Imagine some state sponsored terroist hacking into the control system of trains loaded with toxic chemicals or passenger trains on the NEC. Finding the hackers is next to impossible, if we can't figure out who did it, we can't go after anyone.
The future is exciting and scary, I hope we are able to figure out how to secure all of this automation before we start replacing humans.
