Jevon's paradox means this is untrue because it means more work not less.

Jevon’s Paradox is an important observation but I don’t think it’s an immutable law of the universe,

	▲	topocite 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It is a 19th century economic observation around the use of coal. It is like saying the PDF is going to be good for librarian jobs because people will read more. It is stupid. It completely breaks down because of substitution. Farming is the most obvious comparison to me in this. Yes, there will be more food than ever before, the farmer that survives will be better off than before by a lot but to believe the automation of farming tasks by machines leads to more farm jobs is completely absurd.