20 years ago I was teaching computer classes at a local technical college. I used to tell my students all the time, there will come a day when the only people working will be those that can program/repair robots doing the work. Obviously a ways off, but far closer than we think.
My neighbor used to,tell me something like “there will come a day when 500 mb of hard disk space will not be enough”
He died before the massive increases in storage space really kicked in.
I started dabbling in automation when the “Fight for 15” workers started protesting at places like McDonalds. I did pretty well but unfortunately these companies brought everything in house and it is pretty much a closed system. Hard to compete with billion dollar industries with that kind of money and the ability to get the programmers and designers needed.
However... these new AI bots are making programming so much easier now. Not sure, at my age, any of it will come to anything but I don know one thing that robots and AI, and especially illegal aliens, can’t do is be flexible in machine shops and fab shops. At least not in my lifetime.