A lot of the hysteria around job loss due to AI is a combination of a generation to young to have experienced displacement and those being displaced this time around having a louder voice.

In the 1980s, companies had secretaries to answer the phones and type up dictated notes of execs. In the 2000s, we had film camera companies like Kodak and 1 hour photo kiosks to develop those photos.

Microsoft Office & iPhones made both obsolete. Many jobs will similarly disappear in the 2020s.