I think we we get more general purpose AI, it will be set to work on real world problems. It's just not there yet. At the moment all we have are these more specific purpose machines that are more pattern recognition than actual intelligence. In other words, we'll get there.
Not to be anti-capitalist, but I see what you are talking about as more a consequence of our system than people being lazy. Capital is being increasingly concentrated in the hands of the 1%, the poor are getting poorer, jobs are now getting to the point where even a decent wage might not cover rent alone or only barely cover rent, leaving not enough for food and the other things we need. People are scared, tired, stressed. Star Wars tells us that fear leads to the dark side. That may be true; after all poor people are more likely to turn to petty crimes like shoplifting. But I'd say for the majority it's more true that fear leads to apathy. When a person is stressed to the max by life, just fuck everything, let AI do it, let AI write my post, let AI do my bills, etc. Can't be bothered.
Of course that is simplifying it. But basically I don't think we can put the blame entirely on the people here for being lazy. I think people are generally good, but they are shaped by their environment, and our environment right now is not so great.
That's a good point, but that doesn't mean we need to be complicit. There are definitely things that are out of our control, but there are also some things that aren't. If we don't have the fight left in us to care that's one thing, but if we knowingly choose not to when we can, that is another. I fully agree that it mostly lands on the businesses to invest that money back into people. Which we know they probably won't do.