Not exactly research, but reading The Culture Series by Iain Banks [1] has caused me to give a lot of personal thought on the subject.  When AI is advanced enough to dominate everything and humans are left to just do whatever, what will they do, and will they be happy?  That&#x27;s not the focus of the series, just a side effect.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Culture_series" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Culture_series</a>