As a freshman at ND in 1965 I was assigned to read Josef Pieper's "Leisure: The Basis of Culture."

In this tiny treatise he posited that leisure is the foundation of culture, providing the mental and spiritual space necessary for contemplation, creativity, and the appreciation of truth and beauty. His argument was that leisure is not merely the absence of work but a state of mind and a condition of the soul that allows humans to perceive reality and engage with higher truths, including the divine. He emphasized that the Greeks and medieval Europeans recognized leisure as essential for cultivating wisdom, religion, and the arts, seeing it as the first foundation of any culture.

So... if AI allows the species to enjoy many quanta more time for leisure... we should be on our way to enlightenment.