Things change fast now, but I've always felt that tech added benefit, sure things are different, but better.

I suppose the key factor here is the potential speed of change. AI is cool tech, but it's only the latest layer on our tech stack, we've been adding complexity and efficiency in layers since we domesticated the horse.

There is an cool study on telephone switchboard operators in the early 1900's. Many genteel young ladies had access to ready employment on the switchboards, there were a significant portion of a certain demographic employed in that task.

Along comes a guy who invents the automatic switchboard and literally in a very few years, a large portion (almost all in fact) of this demographic became unemployed. I can't recall the results or conclusion, but the sky didn't fall down for sure, those young ladies found other avenues for gainful employment.