Everyone who isn't already rich right now, or will have at minimum several million in the bank by 2030 is basically screwed.

The economy isn't ready for mass adoption of AI taking over jobs.

The government isn't ready for it either.

Legislation is not even being considered or thought about seriously enough right now to even have the precursor to a solution.

UBI with current econimies cannot work, there's not enough money being brought in by taxes to pay for it. People argue this all the time but they literally cannot do basic math.

It would take close to 800 BILLION dollars per year to give every adult in Canada $2000 per month, which is well below minimum wage, and well below the cost of living for a single person. That's close to 3 times the current annual tax revenue. That kind of money isn't going to just materialize from nowhere, even if you take it all from the richest people and corporations in Canada it doesn't even begin to make up the difference.

Call me a doomer but I believe by the time I'm 50 I will basically be living in poverty with no possible avenues for me to not be in poverty due to automation of nearly everything and no societal safety nets being put in place. I am in a decent place right now with my vocation because what I do can't directly be automated, but it COULD be replaced by a new technology, or by a different way of doing what I do. I do believe that could happen by the time I'm 50, putting me out of work because what I do is highly specialized. I've been studying and working on Web Development on the side because it's interesting and I enjoy building things, and pays well right now if I decide to try to make a second income from that on the side, but that is even more susceptible to AI automation. Soooo.....

My head is pretty much 80% AI is going to ruin everyone who isn't already rich's lives, 20% it will free everyone from work and provide a high quality of living for everyone.