Ai will replace many jobs and not just entry level, it’s simply higher level automation, you will require fewer actual humans to get the same output much like a factory requires fewer people today … unless you are China with 1.5 billion people for a cheap labor pool at your disposal. But what’s not being discussed is that new jobs will be created they may demand higher level of skills, education and understanding but this been the way of technology since our hominid ancestors started creating advanced tools. Prior to the late 1800s grade school education was enough to be a viable member in the labor pool, then it was high school , now it’s college for some skillsets … but it’s not the only path to making money. Technology opened up vast opportunities for commerce and productivity , whether it’s tik tok … eBay or … there is downside and upside and unintentional consequences through out our technological history, but it always has shifted where jobs were allocated and acquiring of capital could be found. It’s not that all jobs disappeared the types of jobs changed.
Finally, the real threat I believe is beyond jobs, but rather the burgeoning gap between the haves and have nots … and technology exasperates this issue, while it can be an equalizer with open source , knowledge proliferation, and information and such … the ability to reach, touch, influence, communicate, acquire knowledge, manipulate, scam, infiltrate the minds and capital of a much much larger group of people at the touch of button will accelerate the transfer of wealth at an alarming rate to those who understand the power at their fingertips from those who don’t. And this magnification will lead to a power imbalance in society that is simply untenable in the long term creating calamity , frustration, friction and social, civil and violent conflict in humanity. But that’s just my take.