Leaving aside the question of whether AI is/will ever be actually capable of what tech bros claim, I don't think there is anything inherent to AI that will caus

Leaving aside the question of whether AI is/will ever be actually capable of what tech bros claim, I don't think there is anything inherent to AI that will cause these issues. The problem will be with society's mode of production. We have a society now where people could be doing less work but are instead forced to do—as Graeber calls them—Bullshit Jobs. Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes said almost a century ago that as technology advanced people would have to do less work. I think if AI lives up to the hype it could be a tremendous boon for everyone if we can restructure our societies to take advantage.