By the way, I know there is an argument that “low-skilled” jobs should not be eliminated because there are supposedly people who are unable to perform more demanding and varied tasks. But I believe this is partly a myth that was invented as a result of the industrial revolution, because back then, a very large number of people were needed to do such jobs. In addition, this doesn’t even address the fact that many of these jobs require some type of specific skill anyway (which isn’t getting rewarded appropriately, though).

The best example to this day are immigrants who have to do “low-skilled” jobs even though they possess academic degrees from their home countries. In such cases, I believe that automation could even lead to the creation of more jobs that match their true skill levels.

Another problem is that, especially in countries like the US, low-wage jobs are used as a substitute for a reasonable social safety net.

AI (especially large language models) is, of course, a separate issue, because it is claimed that AI could replace highly skilled and creative workers, which, on the one hand, is used as a constant threat and, on the other hand, is not even remotely true according to current experience.