[RHSeeger]

But do they need to? If a <role X> job at a top tier company making $600k is eliminated and two <role X> jobs at a "more average" company making $300k replace it; is that really a bad thing? Clearly, there's some details being glossed over, but "one job paying more than a person really needs" being replaced by "two jobs, each paying more than a person really needs" might just be good for society as a whole.

[bayarearefugee]

It doesn't seem too bad when you cherry pick an outlier example, but what about when the person making $100k now makes $50k?

I'm sure the retort of the AI optimist will be that AI will make the things that person buys cheaper, and there may be truth to that when it comes to things that people buy with disposable income...

But how likely is AI to make actual essentials like housing and food cheaper?

[RHSeeger]

Are there that many people at top tier companies making 100k? I was under the impression that they were top tier because they paid really well.