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Not true. In January last year, I wrote a piece of software for a machine to (re)automate part of a factory. If that machine hadn't been commissioned, the company would have needed to hire four people. This year, the machine will save them around €100K a year, but in essence, I helped preventing four people from getting a job. A low-end, minimum wage job, but nevertheless.
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Generally speaking, technology advances eliminate specific jobs, but at the same time, they create even more jobs than they eliminate because of the potential they open. A conference I went to a few years back quoted a 25% growth. Just think of how many current jobs exist as a direct consequence of the internet. Or computers. Computers eliminated the need for as many calculator grunts, but they exploded the appetite for more advanced reporting and analysis.
Unfortunately for those displaced, the new jobs don't line up with their their skill set, aptitude or interests. And that is definitely an issue.