People aren't "strugging" because there is no work for them to do. They are strugging because the powers that be have jiggered our economic system in order to hamper, instead of facilitate, free market cooperation, specialization, and trade. Governments micromanage everything. That is what needs to stop.

If "AI" ends up making governments think they can continue to micromanage and get away with it, yes, that will cause more suffering. But that's not the failure mode any critics of "AI" are trumpeting about.