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Very much so.
It's an inevitable shift, though. We've always had a surplus of labour, but in past there were growing markets, exports, and new frontiers to soak that up.
There are no frontiers now. No new markets that are not about to be exporters themselves.

Nothing to transition too.
Unless Elon gets to Mars soon, maybe.

It's time we accept that capitalism is unsustainable in times of universal surplus. When one man with machines can provide for hundreds, or thousands, 'work' in the traditional definition, becomes obsolete.
This is clear for low end jobs that are disappearing now.
But soon AI will be replacing accountants, engineers, and whatever it is that you do.
They will do it better, cheaper, and faster.

If history is any indicator, we will not do anything to prepare for this transition before hand, and only admit somethings wrong when it can no longer be denied.

[–] Kannibal [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

and instead of providing reasonable support for the masses, the accumulated wealth might be hoarded by the few rich families in control.

leaving everyone else to starve, because why should unimportant people matter.

That is typically how the cycle resets.
Humanity auto-corrects itself once the balance gets too far off and people begin starving.
Revolution, bloodshed, then a new order that has learned from the old mistakes will emerge.

It will invent new mistakes and find the next method of self destruction, but no before it has a golden age that rises above ours.
To see the future, just look at the past.