Job elimination is not a new thing. People like to bring up textile workers because of how the term Luddite has come to refer to anti-technological sentiment, but the change in jobs has been fairly consistent.

I presume that in a few years electric cars will result in significant job losses amongst those who produce internal combustion engines. Renewable energy will reduce the number of employed coal miners.

I agree that this should be a role for government to assist people in a changing world.