a) counter-intuitive
b) change, and therefore scary.
But historically this has played out the exact same way and there is no evidence that it won't play out the same way with AI.
You're ignoring the examples I'm giving you (lamplighters), so I'll use yours: When automation came to coal mines, the coal miners became coal extraction machine operators.
I'm curious now how you'll claim again that I've "overtly changed" my argument: Change is hard, but can be managed.