50% of the people in the country barely work, and we see the state of their lives. Not working in a factory has to be replaced with something. It got replaced by nothing and society is a disaster.

I think we've been conditioned to believe AI is a real threat that will take over the world. I don't think humanity can be controlled that easily. You can't even get people at a town meeting to agree to do something. How is a computer "intelligence" that can't predict irrational behavior going to take over humanity?