On the other hand, perhaps it's entirely possible that creators of technology will notice this large swath of available labor and create technology to make use

On the other hand, perhaps it's entirely possible that creators of technology will notice this large swath of available labor and create technology to make use of it. An important point about the Luddites is that while expensive weavers were put out of work by machines, those machines functioned by employing greater numbers of (vastly lower paid) unskilled immigrants. If you put a 150k salary expert out of work by creating a piece of technology that requires two 70k workers, you still profit.