Wouldn't most of those people look towards early retirement? We've failed as a society if 60 year olds end their career in one of the highest paying professions and they cant cover rent and food.
I know a few people who are a bit younger (maybe 55?) and who, after a career in high impact jobs, found themselves without any possible position. I know that they're not nearly ready to retire. I don't know about how much savings they have.
In these cases, that's entirely independent from AI, but I suspect that AI will only make it harder.
And yes, it feels to me like society is failing for many people who are approaching retirement age.
Let's try and come up with a few examples. I know two people who are former C-rank executives, both of them with strong ethical backbones. They have both led very high-profile projects (most people on HN know some of these projects). At this stage of their career, you could even say that ethics are not just part of their beliefs but also their personal brand.
They have both been on the market for a few years by now.
1. Nobody will hire them as rank-and-file. It just doesn't make sense.
2. At least one of them has received offers to be the ethical maskerade for a company that actually violently goes against their ethics. They said "no".
Last time I heard from them, they were both retraining in very different domains... with limited career success.
