I'm also terrified that the AI optimists are right. I feel like the closest analogy to the "upside" case is the advent of offshoring. Millions of middle class j

I'm also terrified that the AI optimists are right. I feel like the closest analogy to the "upside" case is the advent of offshoring. Millions of middle class jobs will be wiped out in exchange for higher corporate profits and cheaper socks. Except in the AI case there won't be millions of people in other countries lifted out of poverty; all these profits will flow to the wealthy.