I see it as inevitable, but there's a few paths by which we might arrive, and not all of them are desirable. In particular, I worry about the route which involves an increasing wealth gap, followed by civil unrest, oppression by the 1%, and an eventual bloody revolution. To be fair, that's one of the darkest routes, but it is a possibility.

That's why I get excited by people talking about UBI and even more excited by concrete, real-world projects such this, @steembasicincome, and the various government-lead initiatives. By talking about it and creating working models, not only do we reduce suffering sooner, but we also reduce the probability of that dark future.