In some sense, I can't think of a worse group for this to happen to, but a better group for who might come up with a solution and help humanity forge a new path

In some sense, I can't think of a worse group for this to happen to, but a better group for who might come up with a solution and help humanity forge a new path. I've long been of the opinion that mathematicians are probably the smartest and most clever workforce around. They really might be our best hope to solving this. I've often secretly wished that some of these clever folks would get their head out of the books and solve some real world problems. This might just be a forcing function for that. I can't imagine the social disruption of for example it had been trucking or construction or some other industry which might react more combatively and less constructively to complete automation.