Maybe I read too much science fiction, but my first thought when speaking about "true AI" isn't the worry that a lot of us will get fired, it's the worry that we'll have created an army of digital slaves.
"Army of digital slaves" doesn't really sound that bad when I think about it. As long as it's your army and not your adversary's army... In what ways do you think "an army of digital slaves" is bad?
I guess only in the sense that any form of slavery is bad and morally reprehensible, and ethically inexcusable.