> the era of super high paying programming jobs may be over.
Probably, but I'm not sure that had much to do with AI.
> Some types of manufacturing jobs are just gone
The manufacturing work that was automated is not exactly the kind of work people want to do. I briefly did some of that work. Briefly because it was truly awful.
And also, manufacturing jobs have greatly changed. And the effect is not even, I imagine. Some types of manufacturing jobs are just gone.