Notion of Artificial Intelligence & Automation replacing humans, is nothing but a ploy by intelligence agencies of rival nations to slow down, if not completely sabotage, research & development in this field.
Elon Musk and some other people say something to the effect that introduction of Artificial Intelligence and Automation will completely abolish unemployment and poverty.
Some netizens paint a dark picture saying that AI may replace some humans. They may retort that they were speaking only about military field.
How AI may affect employment situation around the world?
The Artificial Intelligence Technologists community will go on to become the powers that be and the government policy makers, and they are compassionate and also magnanimous. The AI inventors dominated government wouldn't allow the lower beings to perish. They would find some way to keep the lower beings alive and happy. 20th century government policymakers worried about poverty alleviation and achieved great success in solving that problem. Their 22nd century counterparts would do the same about job creation for the less intelligent.
But first of all, the generations living in first quarter of 21st century shouldn't bother about the next century viz. 22nd century. It takes decades for military technology to be applied to civilian applications. Let alone civilian applications, even in military domain, for AI technology to replace any human, it will take at least 150 more years. By then, all the people born in 2025 would be dead for at least 30-40 years, presuming that medical science doesn't increase lifespan.
The sponsored propaganda campaign to create a misconception that Artificial Intelligence or Automation can eliminate any job shouldn't be paid heed to, because there's an ulterior motive behind the propaganda.