Can We Thrive in the Age of AI?

""AI," the "godfather of AI", Geoffrey Hinton, recently warned, "will make a few people much richer and most people poorer." Why? Well, says Hinton, it's in part because AI is going to take away a lot of jobs from a lot of people. And he is far from alone in thinking this. For example, a few months ago, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, warned that AI could lead to a 50% reduction in white-collar jobs; Sam Altman, the CEO of Open AI, has also repeatedly voiced this concern."

"For Annabel Beales, for example, a UK copywriter who was replaced by AI, the future is here now. Amodei's words weren't a prediction; they were a description. And it's not just copywriters who are at risk. The career of voice acting might plausibly be annihilated by the use of AI to clone voices-and far from being a sci-fi possibility, it is already happening at scale."

"Such stories are canaries in the coal mine, and the birds are singing ever louder. A recent report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas suggested that more than 10,000 job cuts this year can be attributed to generative AI. And perhaps the most vivid example is in the birthplace of AI, the tech industry, where giants like Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Oracle have all announced significant AI-driven job cuts this year."

Generative AI is already causing job losses, with more than 10,000 cuts this year attributed to it. Prominent AI leaders warn of substantial reductions in white-collar roles, with potential large-scale displacement across sectors. Specific examples include a UK copywriter replaced by AI and the rapid emergence of voice-cloning that threatens voice acting careers. Major technology firms such as Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Oracle have announced AI-driven layoffs. The long-term impact on livelihoods remains uncertain. Workers who build relationships, read emotions, ask better questions, and collaborate with AI rather than compete may find new opportunities.

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