Anthropic CEO Echoes Warning of White-Collar Automation and Calls For Action
Echoing his researchers, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told Axios last month that AI has the potential to wipe out half of all white-collar jobs, rising the unemployment rate to 10-20% in the next five years. These roles include those within technology and finance, and will particularly affect entry-level roles within the industry.
Significantly, Amodei claimed that AI companies and the US government were “sugar-coating” the potential affects of AI and automation on unemployment, and has called for more transparency on the subject from these institutions. Ironically, Amodei claims he wants to protect and prepare the nation from the technology he is rapidly advancing, and predicts could change society overnight.
“Cancer is cured, the economy grows at 10% a year, the budget is balanced – and 20% of people don’t have jobs.” Possible AI-related scenario from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
Amodei’s public appearances as of late have come with similar messages of AI-related doom and calls to action. Last month, speaking to CNN, the CEO expressed the same threat to entry level white-collar roles.
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang has also said that every job is expected to be impacted by AI, however, that workers are more likely to be replaced by AI-proficient colleagues, rather than automation.
