[incrudible]

The problem is not unemployment, it is raising the bar for valuable labor. Arguably the standard of living has already declined for the average human individual. A factory job used to afford a single worker with modest education a house and a family. That said, generative AI will have far less impact here than, say, a robot arm.

[HWR_14]

That seems like a different (and real, but modern) problem compared to "we never would have left subsistence farming without a massive unemployment period (painful job loss) brought about by new technology" the the OP suggested.

[RecycledEle]

The bar for viable labor is rising.

It is also easier that ever to educate yourself.

These two facts balance.

[incrudible]

If you believe that anyone can learn anything, that might sound plausible to you. The evidence does not point in this direction, however.