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The real question isn't how we structure our society if some extremely far-fetched scenario happens. The real question is how we structure our society right now that is already failing most of society the way it is structured right now.
Labor is not a necessity for people to survive, in fact most people would consider a place where their job wasn't required a utopia in terms of the enjoyment they get out of the actual labor. The real question is about wealth distribution, not labor.
But labor is a necessity to survive, and always has been. We need the production of goods and services. Of course the distribution of wealth and goods is also an issue, but somebody (or something) has to produce the things we use.
Labor is a human putting in work. Fully automated production of goods and services is already a thing for some goods and services today and some others have a much, much larger automation component than they had historically.
Don't confuse the wealth distribution mechanism (getting paid for labor) with the actual work itself.
And all goods and services require some amount of humans putting in work in order for them to be provided. Nothing is truly 100% automated yet.