Seems like fear mongering some invented abyssal monster.

> We all can’t just sit around watching media, playing games, and eating fatty sludge out of a bucket paid for by a universal basic income. That is not a life with meaning.

This strawman is the entire argument. There is never any thought behind the fear.

"I feel like these AIs are going to obsolete me and that shouldn't be allowed." So, like, be useful.... Why are you trying to imitate an AI poorly? Why is your goal to be slave tied to performing some function sub-optimally to you can avoid starvation? Why do you pretend this is meaningful?