Have you been following the rate of progress of these new generative AI techniques?
Yes, of course
These things are already better at simple cognitive and creative tasks than 90% of people at 90% of tasks.
Even better, then it can create even more jobs.
I, as a capitalist, love it when I can do 100 people production output with 10 heads. If I kept current productivity of 10 people with only 1 employee instead, I'd fall behind the competition.