Interesting how "AI" is being blamed, rather than computers.
Those of a certain age may remember when computers became a thing in the workplace and the jobs that were lost, and disappeared, as a result.
And 2 things that should always be remembered in an discussion about AI:
AI is a misnomer, there is no 'intelligence', and it is definitely not sentient.
There is not one AI, it's an umbrella term for lots of different computer applications that do different things in different ways.