Let’s imagine that AI will become cheaper and more efficient, it will not differ from humans in terms of the quality of its work, it will replace almost all intellectual workers, and only the operators of these AI models will have jobs, that is, one person or several people monitor the entire office of AI workers for a small salary. Yes, the AI bubble will burst, but the problems of ordinary people will only get worse from this, jobs will not return, no, automation will continue anyway.
Is it worth retraining as a mechanic, plumber or something like that?
Your worst-case-scenario framing makes the question redundant.
You’re essentially asking: ‘Let’s imagine that something really bad is going to happen. Is it worth preparing for it?’
“Are you living in the real world?”
“Do you have a comrade?”
“Do you have a plan?”
Me: