An article appeared in Fortune which features an interview with Ray Kurzweil. Ray Kurzweil is the thought leader promoting the concept of technological singularity and AI. Ray Kurzweil in the interview seems to believe that new jobs will replace old jobs for people such as truck drivers etc. At the same time Ray Kurzweil predicts a technological singularity and superintelligence which if built would be able to do any of the jobs a human can do.
The car said to the horse: "don't worry, Ford Motor co has a new job waiting for you".
Unfortunately I have to disagree with Ray Kurzweil on this. Technological unemployment caused by AI is unlike any other technological shift before it. While the horse was replaced by the car and "horse power" is now just a figure of speech for how much pull a car has, the truth is the worker is also not a lasting thing. This isn't to say humans won't be necessary to train the AI but currently because humans are doing these jobs basically for free, along with many others, it is hard to believe that the employer employee setup can continue much longer.
Will there be stuff for humans to do? Absolutely. Will humans get paid to do it? Perhaps. Will human labor be required in the future for society to continue running? Probably not. The point is human labor might no longer be required but that isn't the same as whether or not it will be desired or in demand. The fact that it's not required could mean a lot less humans actually have what we now call jobs and the farming culture may make a comeback only with machines instead of cattle.