Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, warns of significant job losses in the white-collar sector due to the rise of artificial intelligence, projecting that up to half of entry-level positions could vanish, leading unemployment to soar to 20%. He criticized leaders for underestimating the potential impacts of AI, emphasizing that many workers are unaware of the imminent changes. Despite these job concerns, Amodei noted that AI might also drive impressive advancements in sectors like medicine, balancing the bleak job outlook with potential economic growth benefits.
Artificial intelligence could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and cause US unemployment to spike as high as 20%, according to Dario Amodei.
Amodei warns that executives and politicians should stop sugar-coating the mass layoffs that could occur in fields like tech, finance, and law.
Most of them are unaware that this is about to happen. It sounds crazy, and people just don't believe it, Amodei told Axios.
Cancer is cured, the economy grows at 10% a year, the budget is balanced - and 20% of people don't have jobs, said Amodei, describing one potential scenario.
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