If AI is real success, it will grow exponentially there would not be time to worry about art.
Scenario 1: AI is superior to humans in all respect and will superseed humans.
Scenario 2: AI sees some value in humans, so will preserve or merge with humans.
Scenario 3: Humans are still in control of AI but see no value in other humans.
3a: Get rid of excess humans
3b: Create hybrid humans, for the sake of preservation
Scenario 4: Humans are still in control of AI and see value in other humans that simply can not be replicated. This might lead to an emphasis on non material aspects of life, of which I know not. But I can at least agree that our material experience can not even fathom an infinite space.
Even before the AI age, SE should have only been a tool in my toolbox.
With the exception of the 0.1% exceptionally good programmer, SE should only be a tool.
As someone with an engineering background, I have always regretted leaving a possible "real" engineering career to become a SE.
However, one of the first victims of AI explosion will be real engineering jobs where the rules are somewhat clear.
AI is probably going to put a lot of power in hands of people who exploit human inefficiencies and weakness, like lawyers, advertisers, marketeers, politicians ....
Caste comes from the Portuguese word "castas", the caste system is widespread in Europe.
The hierarchy in Europe is
Clergy, Nobility, Landowners, Merchants, Tradesmen, Peasants, People working with sewage, carcasses etc...
The fact that the Church had a monopoly on god gave rise to the rigid hierarchies. The king was the representative of god and was conferred powers through the church.
When the colonialists set foot in India, they were faced with a problem there were too many gods & no central authority. The modern hierarchies and pyramids that you are presented with is an oversimplification and invention of the British to centralize their control.
Many European carry their family profession in their surname, this is often understood as caste in modern India.