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Yeah I'm not surprised or angry about it, isn't this basically what has always happened? Like at some point we had elevator operators, some company automated the elevator and now there are basically zero elevator operators.
This is just happening all the time, like when I was a kid every gas station had people working at the station. Nowdays most stations around me are completely without workers, it's all self checkout (like supermarkets, McDonalds, etc).
You are right but the problem here is it's happening all at once on several fields. It's not just elevator operators, it's anyone doing basic design tasks, writing, translating, voice narrating, and basic programming. And that's a lot of jobs.
Yet, unemployment in most of the western world is very low. That could change, of course. We'll likely need universal basic income down the road. Or at least some very enhanced unemployment benefits.