- CEO Anthrope Dario Amodei states that the main layoffs of white collar are on the horizon
- Unemployment could increase to 20%
- Anthrope develops AI models designed to perform tasks traditionally performed by humans
The CEO of the firm AI Anthrope, creators of the Chatgpt ‘Claude’ rival, warned the United States government about the possible ‘massive elimination’ of the entry level work in the law, technology, finance and other white collar fields.
Dario Amodei predicted that half of all input level collar works could be taken by AI, which leads to unemployment of up to 20% in the next one to five years.
Amodei warned that most workers are not aware that this work apocalypse is imminent; “It sounds crazy, and people simply do not believe it,” he added that AI has the potential to affect the society in positive and negative ways; “Cancer is cured, the economy grows 10% per year, the budget is balanced, and 20% of people have no job.”
Changing sands
It is worth noting that Anthrope is one of the organizations that lead the burden on the development of technology designed to replace humans.
The warnings that Amodei and others share on the potential impact on unemployment and short -term economic agitation come without mitigation plan; “We, as producers of this technology, have the duty and obligation to be honest about what is coming.”
Axios describes that Steve Bannon, a long time advisor to President Trump and the influential media personality, also provides for a scenario in which the entry level positions are “eviscerate”, which correlates with the increase of almost 2% in the layoffs of the technological sector seen thanks to the AI already in 2025.
“I don’t think anyone is taking into account how administrative, management and technological works for people under 30, entry level work that are so important in their 20 years, will be eviscerated.”
However, this is not necessarily the only long -term result, since more than 55% of companies in the United Kingdom who replaced workers with AI finally regret their decision, indicating that perhaps technology is not so powerful that their marketing suggests.
Through Axios
