Well, for example, a metric ass-ton of shoes and shoe components are made in Bosnia. But hardly anyone still makes the traditional opanci in the traditional way; there's one guy left in the whole Hercegovina that does. And they are required for the national costume, so they are still important. But the economics just don't work out.

>>What about artisanal cobblers vs Southeast Asia Nike sweatshop workers?

No technology involved? Other than I guess tangentially, containerized shipping. I don't see how that analogy applies here at all, every AI workflow I've seen has been either:

a) Totally new thing that was never done before that is possible now and is therefore creating a new class of work

b) Worst case scenario: a whole spate of jobs being consolidated under one person, but its still a human in the end.

So everything I'm seeing is pointing to this being a lamplighter/utility worker situation.