Clarification:
Take, for example, 2027, when humans in offices will be successfully replaced by AI, and robots will begin to replace construction workers and other workers. How terrible do you think it will be after 2030? And how much the level of depression and everything else will increase. I will also add that not everyone will be able to receive unemployment benefits, and some will die of hunger. Let’s be realistic and not console ourselves with rosy fantasies.
Let’s take the most pessimistic view instead and project we’ll all get plugged into the Matrix.
It’s not a foregone conclusion that so-called AI and automation will replace all of those jobs. It’s also not a foregone conclusion that all these people will be destitute because they cannot be put in other positions. This is not the first time we as humanity have faced this big a structural change. We have largely gotten pretty good and are not dealing with a lot of bloodshed and poverty in the wake of such a big change. This transition will probably not be great for everybody but it won’t be a big human tragedy of the proportions you imagined. Worry more about our climate. The bigger threat of mass destitution will come from that clusterfuck.