You can't just look at wages. The real thing to quantify would be quality of life, i.e for the total money that you get, what do you spend it on and what do yo

You can't just look at wages. The real thing to quantify would be quality of life, i.e for the total money that you get, what do you spend it on and what do you get in return. My bet is that most people who grew up in the span of 80s-now are pretty content considering they make enough money to afford the basic necessities even if they have gotten a little bit more expensive, while on the flip side getting access to cheap fast internet and electronics, and by extension entertainment. Those with houses in area that got gentrified are also sitting pretty. That being said, the kids that were born in 2010s are likely not going to see the same effect as they grew up with this standard. I don't place much faith in AI considering the current direction of improving LLMs in lieu of exploring architectures like Mu Zero.