I absolutely don't buy this defeatist attitude toward technological advancement. There are plenty of things that can ruin human civilization, and AI seems like an unlikely one to me.
Now, whether these jobs are worth saving or not, if it happens suddenly and the market shifts, then millions of unemployed workers will result in a major social unrest.
/s
Don't worry. They just hit the same truck. There is still a lot of work to do and, until now, cutting corners didn't help. /s
The hard copies are great fiction & poetry though.