If they can do the higher skilled jobs.
Otherwise by friend, a driver with spotless driving record and very poor English, is unemployable with two kids to feed.
AI cant savage the laptop class fast enough.
Otherwise by friend, a driver with spotless driving record and very poor English, is unemployable with two kids to feed.
AI cant savage the laptop class fast enough.
I know a few long haul drivers that did it for decades, one only stopped because a car accident then motorcycle accident damaged his back too much to sit in a cab all day.
In my experience, all bets are off when an industry downturn hits. People jump ship or are thrown overboard. Usually those that handle it best keep a steadier hand and don't react as emotionally, it wouldn't surprise me if that group is more often those with the most experience.
If the attrition of newcomers is high enough, and oldtimers fill newcomer positions (or just their wages) in rough times, then if the high attrition of newcomers is high enough to overcome the phase-in rate of automation then the old timers will more or less stay employed just likely at the shit wages that newcomers get.
As to the attrition, this is mostly to the collapse of the protections of working conditions.