This is one step away from walking into the same mistake all these discussions do, including replies to your comment.
Yes, we can probably invent new jobs and new career fields.
No, it does fuck all for people who lose their current jobs mid-way through their career or later, and watch themselves and their families be kicked down 2-3 rungs on the socioeconomic ladder, possibly throwing them into generational poverty.
Or, in short: yes, there will be new jobs. But not for you, and not for your children.
For the society and human civilizations, these techological revolutions were always a net positive down the line. For individuals caught in them, they rarely were.
That's why the Luddites were destroying looms. Not to fight the progress of technology, but to save their own families from being thrown into poverty.
Timeframe is also different, agriculture changed over generations and the kids that would not take over the farm had access to education and could move to cities. Now we may see a similar job destruction over a decade without alternatives available for much more people.
> had access to education and could move to cities
Or their rural economy collapsed, everyone was hungry and unemployed, and they moved somewhere new out of necessity and basically started over with nothing, living in squalid conditions and working very unsafe, unpleasant, and exploitative jobs.
I think the difference is the Luddites weren't happily designing and building innovative new looms for 50 years and now suddenly surprised-Pikachu that the automated-loom-maker has come for them.
What did you think "disruption" meant? Vibes, papers, new Javascript frameworks?
Yes, we can probably invent new jobs and new career fields.
No, it does fuck all for people who lose their current jobs mid-way through their career or later, and watch themselves and their families be kicked down 2-3 rungs on the socioeconomic ladder, possibly throwing them into generational poverty.
Or, in short: yes, there will be new jobs. But not for you, and not for your children.
For the society and human civilizations, these techological revolutions were always a net positive down the line. For individuals caught in them, they rarely were.
That's why the Luddites were destroying looms. Not to fight the progress of technology, but to save their own families from being thrown into poverty.