The problem isn't robots taking our jobs, but the robot owners taking our incomes. The problem is that culturally, we still too often believe that you need to work to eat, and that makes robots doing our work a threat. But surely the ideal future here is that robots do our so we don't have to. For that to be possible, it's essential that everybody benefits from this automation.

Tax to discourage robots is the wrong approach. Encourage robots, but tax the rich in order to divide their wealth more equally among everybody. It shouldn't be considered a problem when someone doesn't have a job. It should be considered a problem when someone can't afford to live and eat, while others have too much.