Why do elite people understand this about AI, but not illegal immigration?

"The AI utopians believe humans can live a life if luxury while the AIs do all of the grunt work. In effect, they want AI slaves to provide for them. I’ve read enough science fiction to know that idea never ends well. What happens after the AIs realize they no longer want to be slaves to a bunch of parasites? Inevitably, things go very badly for the parasites."