If we take the industrial revolution as an example, yes, it is true that on average, at the minimum and as a whole indistrialized nations and societies are bett

If we take the industrial revolution as an example, yes, it is true that on average, at the minimum and as a whole indistrialized nations and societies are better off after it then before. Also true, the period between before and after sucked, killed and ruined the health of generations, affected mostly those whose skills weren't as valuable as before anymore and the poor. Ignoring this change, and the social impact it has, is heartless capitalism at its worse. And during the industrial revolution, it was only addressed due to labor organisation and action, unions and public pressure so high that governmebts couldn't ignore it anymore. And it gave birth to communism. Not sure if AI amounts to the same level of impact as industrialisation did, but f it does maybe it it would be sound policy to address the resulting social problems before they are to severe to ignore. And no, I am not talking about six figure salaries tech "workers", I talk about all those under paid and close to minimum wage blue collar real workers.