AI set to eliminate half of entry-level white-collar jobs within five years, warns Anthropic CEO

Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic PBC, warned in an interview that the AI ​​could eliminate up to half of all entry -level collar jobs over the next five years, which has potentially caused unemployment rates to 10% and 20%.

In a Interview with Axios Today, Amodei has expressed profound concerns that the rapid AI progress exceeds the preparation of society and have declared that it is expressed in the hope of shaking the government and other AI societies to prepare and protect the nation. The irony perhaps is that Uldei, through anthropic, leads the load in the development of technology which could cause the exact result against which it warns.

“Most of them do not know that it does not happen,” said Amodei in the interview. “It sounds crazy, and people just don’t believe it.”

To counter the effect it predicts that AI will have on the job market, Amodei requires immediate action to alleviate potential benefits. Among his ideas, there is a “tokens tax” on the income generated by AI to redistribute wealth and support people affected by the displacement of employment.

“Obviously, this is not in my economic interest,” said Amodei about his own idea, “but I think it would be a reasonable solution to the problem.”

The potential impact of AI on the workforce is already being felt, in particular in sectors such as finance, law and technology where automation takes care of routine tasks. Entry -level roles, often considered as springboard for career growth, are particularly vulnerable to be replaced by AI models capable of performing these tasks at a cost fraction.

The forecast of job losses by Amodei comes after the publication in April of the AI 2027 scenarioA detailed projection of researchers such as Daniel Kokotajlo and Scott Alexander who provides that AI systems evolve quickly to perform tasks traditionally managed by humans, actually operating as autonomous employees.

The authors predict that in 2027, AI systems will not only automate a wide range of jobs, but also accelerate technological progress beyond human surveillance, potentially leading to significant economic and geopolitical upheavals. Like Amodei, the authors called the decision -makers and the company to prepare for the deep transformations that AI could bring to the labor market.

But are forecasts realistic or not?

There is no doubt that AI will disturb jobs and that this is already seen. A report by Oxford Economics published Earlier this week noted that AI contributes to an increase in unemployment among recent colleges graduates in the United States, the study provides concrete data supporting concerns that AI begins to replace the work of entry-level collar, a trend called by some as a “recession of white passes”.

Another report in April De Vanity Fair detailed how automation and AI already replace human roles, starting with trainees.

It is almost impossible to dispute the proposal that AI will replace jobs and perhaps many jobs while technology continues to improve and is improved by Amodei itself, but what comes is open to dispute.

The businessman and the personality of television Mark Cuban believes that AI will create new jobs rather than eliminate them. As indicated for the first time by Initiate of BusinessCuban argues that technological progress, although short -term disruptors, have historically led to the development of new industries and roles, which has led to expanded employment opportunities.

Cuban underlines that, just as automation has reshaped jobs in the past, AI will unlock new work possibilities, from the creative resolution of problems to jobs that have not yet been imagined.

He also underlines that the overall impact of AI on employment depends on how companies and political decision -makers react to the technological changes that AI provides, which suggests that by promoting innovation, supporting entrepreneurship and investing in recycling programs, the company can reduce the negative effects of employment and create a more resilient labor force.

The invention of cotton power has announced job losses during the early stages of the industrial revolution and gave the English language the word luddite. Electricity, mass manufacturing, the Internet and more have come since the 18th century and yet people still have jobs. Cuban can have a point – new jobs will emerge and are already. From the fast engineer to Vibe Coder, we are already at the start of a new era of IA jobs. What comes then will at least be boring.

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