No man-made change is inevitable — 180 Proof

Of course, a world disaster could end humanity and it will not, but if no such things happen, it is inevitable because it is a natural progression of how we manufacture tools. Humans have never stopped improving on the tools that we have and advanced automation is a pretty effective tool over previous tools. So, in conclusion, it is inevitable if nothing else happens.

especially to the degree it adversely affects so many people as the prospect of total automation of production and services would. — 180 Proof

Has anything ever changed the course of maximization of production just because some people get run over by it? And even so, it's not all just doom and gloom, advanced automation can also free people from working to death. Like, stopping cheap child labor because robots are cheaper is a positive outcome, regardless of whether the company has any intention of helping the children or not by that decision.

Has the world been helped by the industrial revolution? Did our living standards and life quality increase because of how the world shifted from before the industrial revolution? Of course.

Examples: global Lenin-Stalinism / Maoism, global laissez-faire capitalism, nuclear war, etc. — 180 Proof

All of those ideologies, ideas, and inventions are the result of value-driven, human factors. Progress, on the other hand, happens regardless. You could destroy the world and remove all books and information about everything and the surviving humans will build up a new society and they will continue the progression of tools from what they had.

The progression of tools, inventions, and machines does not have anything to do with how we value them or think of them. A better hammer will be a better hammer, always. So a better robot will be a better robot, always.

Therefore, if humanity isn't totally destroyed, we will eventually reach a point of total automation. So the question is, what would that economy be like? What would that world look like?