This doesn’t raise the status of blue collar workers because there are only so many plumbing jobs out there. Don’t get me wrong - The trades are good, and were

This doesn’t raise the status of blue collar workers because there are only so many plumbing jobs out there. Don’t get me wrong - The trades are good, and were simply not “sexy” for a long while. There was a reason people wanted their kids to do white collar work. Trades are dependent on economic cycles, and work can dry up. It’s also manual labor, which takes a toll on you physically. In the end - neither white collar nor blue collar matter much, since neither guarantee a retirement anymore. The AI job apocalypse (if it happens) will be taking out the last life boat left standing. We had manufacturing to move people from agrarian work to middle class life. That’s gone - automation has gotten to the point of lights out manufacturing. This has left only services. Ps: I doubt AI will actually be the powerhouse it is being hailed as. There is a different between an MVP and having to maintain technical debt.