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Companies who make alarms clocks should have to pay for all the knocker-upper jobs lost! Automation has been affecting the workforce for centuries, and it isn't going to stop any time soon.
However the effects are becoming increasingly dramatic as more and more of the population finds themselves in an economy with no jobs for them. Eventually UBI will become necessary once we hit the tipping point.
While this is true, we are entering a new era of automation. AI/ML have been slowly cooking for some time, but they're now being integrated into pretty much every industry. The change won't happen overnight, but it will have a dramatic effect on the workforce, and I don't see anyone talking about what to do as vast numbers of jobs are replaced.