Consider the below — it’s rough, admittedly. The data isn’t exactly the best pre-1900s, but it means that 98 percent of farmers and farmhands lost their jobs after the Industrial Revolution.

This happened over ~225 years (or more), so the world doesn’t really think about it. There was a lot of time for the world to adjust, and it still was a bit of a slog and a challenge.

But what if AI causes the same thing, but now over 20 years? Or fewer?