AI technology is advancing significantly, with leading companies announcing products designed to perform tasks autonomously, not just assist users. These AI agents, such as Claude Code from Anthropic, can handle complex work traditionally done by humans, increasing efficiency and reducing time. This shift indicates a potential for widespread job displacement as AI increasingly automates essential functions. Sam Altman of OpenAI has long warned that the evolution of AI could necessitate new economic models to address job losses and societal shifts due to automation.
Humans will still nudge these models along, of course, but they are engineered to help fewer people do the work of many.
Anthropic launched Claude Code, a coding program that can do much of a human software developer's job but far faster, reducing development time and overhead.
OpenAI touts its version's ability to complete multi-step research tasks for you and accomplish in tens of minutes what would take a human many hours.
Sam Altman... has warned repeatedly that AI will disrupt the labor market, telling my colleague Ross Andersen in 2023 that "jobs are going to be eliminated."
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