People enjoy a lot of the jobs in the cognitive economy though. They are fulfilling. Coding and making art and media is a passion for a lot of people, the actual act, not just the outcome. So unless people were passionate about doing back breaking farm labor its not the same thing. I'm mostly embracing AI because of what it lets me explore and learn beyond what I could before, but I'm not convinced the outcome is going to be a better world at this point.
I think coding is done, as a trade practice. But a lot of jobs have sucked for a while anyway - endless api glue, js tedium.
There’s now a chance to do more with software.
I actually think art is safe. The machines don’t value it but we do. There’s something in that.