There are lots of careers that used to be widespread but are now extremely niche because of technological change. For example, most careers relating to horses.

So say you are a startup are you going to now hire a designer or use WAY Less Expensive & quicker AI to design logos, website, an app, etc? Print design.. all types of design it can do.

So You and all other people like to save money are going to continue spend the same thousands on such a resource when AI can do what they do in a few minutes or more for WAY LESS? UX Design was supposedly a growing field ... not at anymore! Definitely one can do the same thing in that field that 10 did.

Further, future mobile AI devices will pull the information and put it all on the lock screen of your AI device visualizing the data in a fun new way. Technology that makes things simpler and more magical get adopted yet visits to websites will significantly decline.

For federal workers who have lost their jobs they are feeling this pain competing for jobs against each other and now AI. It will only get worse for designers because it's now cheaper and faster to use AI to design logos, sites, apps to even including do vibe coding for the front end development to possibly the backend but that's not my specialty yet no doubt I vibe coded front-ends.

Obviously AI is different. While LLMs are more of a power tool now, the future trendline points towards something that (possibly) replaces us. That's the entire concern right? I mean everyone knows this.

Is this not obvious?

Why do people hide behind this ridiculous analogy: "That's right, there are no carpenters or lumberjacks anymore because power tools were invented"

???

I mean sure the analogy is catchy and makes surface level sense, but can your brain do some analysis outside the context of an analogy??? It makes no sense that all of AI can be completely characterized by an analogy that isn't even accurate yet people delusionally just regurgitate the analogy most fitting with the fantasy reality they prefer.