In order to dull the blow, we started moving all our manufacturing jobs overseas to slowly prepare our population for when these jobs suddenly dissapear.
So instead of suffering all at once, western countries have been tapering off of manufacturing over many years.
Also, what happens to a country like China, who is completely addicted to manufacturing money, when the hammer falls?
Finally, to completely prevent population instability, they introduced the clott shot right before the robotics revolution is scheduled to kick into gear, removing the final leftover elements of the population that are still dependent on these soon to be extinct jobs to survive.
Here's a practical example of AI. Go to https://www.myheritage.com/photo-enhancer and drag a blurry head shot of someone into the page and watch it get fixed in just a few seconds. I think you can do a photo or two without a paid account. Some of the results are amazing, some aren't. If the photo is bad enough, the software fails entirely. I've had some good results there. It can also colorize black and white photos. That works best on outdoor photos, where it can tell where the sky is and the trees and grass. It can also correct the color on faded color photos. Here's an example of a colorized photo: https://cf.mhcache.com/FP/Assets/Images/InColor/GalleryImages/Desktop/X1/Gan_Leah_color.webp?ver=1
There's also a computer program called Topaz AI that can remove the blurriness from an entire photo, not just the face. It works well on many photos.
I use both pretty often, and I could never duplicate what they do.