alt Hacker News> not every IT guy has the wherewithal to be a trashmen.
Sure, you can go work in a warehouse, coffee shop, bakery, etc.
I know a dude who's part time picking veggies in a bio farm part time surgeon. Another who's part time baker part time financial advisor. If you have four limbs and half a brain you certainly can find a job outside of tech. It might not pay as well or be as convenient but let's not pretend we're in a "$500k at FAANG or homelessness" situation.
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If AI causes a mass displacement of academic workforce, good luck finding a job in any of those sectors you just mentioned.
I live in Finland, the country with highest unemployment rate in OECD. Over here hundreds of applications for one cashier, warehouse, coffee shop, bakery job is perfectly normal. It's not realistic for some random unemployed IT guy with no field specific experience to find a job in them right now. In case of AI job apocalypse, I would imagine the situation would look similar elsewhere as well.
A coffee shop with what customers? Warehouse moving goods for whom?
So if I understand you, your point is that we shouldn't be upset about losing a job, because we can always get a job that pays less, is less prestigious, is less creatively fulfilling, requires physical labor, and/or can be done by any four-limbed teenager? Am I interpreting your comment correctly?