And even when the AGI does do work (The Doctor), it’s been given human-like emotions. People don’t want to read a story where the machines do all the work and the humans are just lounging around.
I am taking the opportunity to recommend the culture by Ian M. Banks here is a good entry point to the series, the books can be read in almost any order.
It’s not like they find no space for human-like actors, but I still think these books show -by being reasonably popular- that there is an audience for stories about civilizations where AGI does all the work.
Of course, your original point still stands if you say “most people” instead.
I am taking the opportunity to recommend the culture by Ian M. Banks here is a good entry point to the series, the books can be read in almost any order. It’s not like they find no space for human-like actors, but I still think these books show -by being reasonably popular- that there is an audience for stories about civilizations where AGI does all the work.
Of course, your original point still stands if you say “most people” instead.