In my analogy, it's not because they are "unskilled" or "bad". But they become obsolete because the shareholders want the singular master chef and their army of robots doing all the cooking.

And it's not just because the agents execute faster than humans, it's primarily that they have lower friction to onboard and off board. In the past we needed a "standing army" (salaried, full time work). Again this is not about the soldiers in the army being bad of incompetent, those are excuses. The real reason is that it takes a lot to train and maintain a soldier. Bu t when we now have ephemeral agents which spin up and down as needed, then there is going to be a strong incentive to cut down on the salaried middle class.

Simultaenously platforms like Mercor which offer white collar task based gig work are on the rise.

The logic is that ordinary humans are becoming too expensive to maintain on a standing basis.