I'm not sure what utopia you envision. But the reality is it takes an extreme amount to do none trivial things that arent just on a screen.
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Where I live, McDonald's and other stores have already started replacing cashiers with touchscreens.
Not everyone can be a doctor or a lawyer. What about all those people who used to do a job that is now replacing them with a touchscreen or a "chat bot"? What do you envision for them? That they go back to school to train to be a doctor or a lawyer? Sure, will you agree to making education and training free or accessible, or will this require continued privilege where it's a requirement to be born into a rich family first?
There's over 8 billion people on the planet. How many blue collar jobs do you envision as being available to people if all the white collar jobs are replaced by AI and ML and automation and outsourcing and offshoring? Am I supposed to be a bricklayer now when I'm already too old physically for the punishing demands of that job?
A long time ago I knew a guy whose job was off-shored to the Philippines from Canada. He actually moved to the Philippines to keep it, but this isn't an option available to most people.
> What about all those people who used to do a job that is now replacing them with a touchscreen or a "chat bot"? What do you envision for them?
With fertility rates below replacement level in the west... nothing! We'll need these workers in more lucrative and useful industries.
> That they go back to school to train to be a doctor or a lawyer?
Interesting you chose the two professions with the most gatekeeping. How about the hundred of skilled trades making civilized life possible?