I belive the black plague actually caused a massive labor shortage and wages increased. When a huge amount of people die and you still need to have people build bridges and be soldiers and finish building the damn cathedral that's been under construction for the last 400 years then that is what will happen.

Here's an article:

https://history.wustl.edu/news/how-black-death-made-life-bet...

I meant the jobs die. So I am not sure what would stand in for "labor shortage" in a situation of sustained net job losses. Perhaps a growth opportunity for mannequins to visually fill the offices/shops of the fired, and maintain appearances?

But yes, if lots of people deathed by AI, the remaining humans might have more job security! Could that be called a "soft landing"?