I mean it could've been fantastic. Take the money that companies save by using AI and put that towards the good of society. Maybe in the form of a UBI or if, god forbid, that sounds too much like sOCiAliSM then call it a 'tech dividend'.
Weren't they saying in the 50s that by the year 2000 people will only need to work 2 days a week.
Something's gone very wrong and yet you still have blinded capitalist ideologues thinking this is the best we can hope for.
The irony is of course those that defend the system are just as likely to lose their jobs as the blokes against it.
Anyone with a trade is fine. I was going to say hospitality but there's robot waiters in plenty of places and bars where you can order a drink poured by a robot. Those people are shagged as well.