I told this to people before who have such a concern about AI and automation replacing their job.
Unfortunately, hiding for the past where people could work at honest days worth of work and go home at the end of the day as quickly disappearing. It’s very dystopian, but we’re not going to go back to that. Unless of course, there’s some kind of catastrophe that completely destroys modern living.
Unfortunately, you have to look at it like a machine would, evolve and skill up or become obsolete. Inflation is going up at such a rate that you will quickly be priced out of affordability and end up in poverty, if you do not do anything about it.
I’m almost 40 and I have had my living made entirely in customer service, things have changed drastically in the past 20 years that I have been working in this field. There is now a lot of AI and automation and scripts being used for basic customer service and technical support needs that they have slashed the pay rate in half for my level of expertise.
I have went back to school to diversify my skill set to remain relevant. Not exactly what I wanted to do, but it is what it is. I tell the same thing to a friend of mine who makes his living as a loader. All he does is pick up a load from somewhere and move it to another place. He is hoping to retire from the concrete factory that works, but he’s got another almost 30 years. I told him he should not be so certain that his job will continue to be there, but he has blown me off really. it would be all too easy for them to make a machine that does his job.
I too wanted a simple job that I could go to, put in my 8 to 12 hours, and then go home without giving it any further thought and be able to afford living, but that is not the case. So until the economy and the government evolves to Support the basic public with something like a more universal welfare program, you were going to be out of luck if you don’t try to stay above the wave now.